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Conceptual Semantics: A micro-modular approach
Urpo Nikanne
[Constructional Approaches to Language 23] 2018
► pp. 83–104

Chapter 4
Temporal structure of situations

The temporal structure deals with the internal time structure of the situation (cf. Vendler 1957) The temporal structure is a set of several tiers, and it is linked to the thematic structure via the thematic features.
Article outline
  • 4.1Introduction
  • 4.2Temporal structure as a network of tiers
  • 4.3Temporal tier and thematic features
    • 4.3.1States
    • 4.3.2Events
    • 4.3.3Events and inferred states
  • 4.4Complex temporal structures in a single situation: Causation
  • 4.5Deictic RP-elements
  • 4.6Temporal structure of complex sentences: Relating the temporal structure of two situations together
  • 4.7Summary