Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality
Editors
Andrej L. Malchukov | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Saint Petersburg
In recent years, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an increased interest in cross-linguistic data in formal semantic studies, and, on the other hand, an increased concern for semantic issues in language typology. However, only few studies combine semantic and typological research for a particular semantic domain (such as the papers in Bach et al. (1995) on quantification and Smith (1997) on aspect). This book brings together formal semanticists with a cross-linguistic perspective and/or those working on lesser-known languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of Tense, Aspect, and Mood/Modality.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 148] 2009. vii, 406 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 17 November 2009
Published online on 17 November 2009
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | pp. i–viii
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The semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the worldLotte Hogeweg, Helen de Hoop and Andrej L. Malchukov | pp. 1–12
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Incompatible categories: Resolving the “present perfective paradox”Andrej L. Malchukov | pp. 13–32
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The perfective/imperfective distinction: Coercion or aspectual operators?Corien Bary | pp. 33–54
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Lexical and compositional factors in the aspectual system of AdyghePeter M. Arkadiev | pp. 55–82
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Event structure of non-culminating accomplishmentsSergei Tatevosov and Mikhail Ivanov | pp. 83–130
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The grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’Nicoletta Romeo | pp. 131–154
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Irrealis in Yurakaré and other languages: On the cross-linguistic consistency of an elusive categoryRik van Gijn and Sonja Gipper | pp. 155–178
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On the selection of mood in complement clausesRui Marques | pp. 179–204
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‘Out of control’ marking as circumstantial modality in St’át’imcetsHenry Davis, Lisa Matthewson and Hotze Rullmann | pp. 205–244
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Modal geometry: Remarks on the structure of a modal mapKees de Schepper and Joost Zwarts | pp. 245–270
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Acquisitive modalsJohan van der Auwera, Petar Kehayov and Alice Vittrant | pp. 271–302
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Conflicting constraints on the interpretation of modal auxiliariesAd Foolen and Helen de Hoop | pp. 303–316
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Modality and context dependenceFabrice Nauze | pp. 317–340
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Verbal semantic shifts under negation, intensionality, and imperfectivity: Russian genitive objectsBarbara H. Partee and Vladimir Borschev | pp. 341–364
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The Estonian partitive evidential: Some notes on the semantic parallels between aspect and evidential categoriesAnne Tamm | pp. 365–402
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Index | pp. 403–406
“Overall, the book definitely achieves both the goal (quoted at the beginning of this review) 'to give greater prominence to the semantic richness of tense, aspect, modality, and their interactions, in the languages of the world'' and the hope that it ''contributes to the emergent field of semantic typology'.”
Terry Langendoen, University of Arizona, on Linguist List , 21.2754, 2010
“This volume is essential for anybody working on TAM marking or those interested in the question of whether semantics and typology can be useful to each other, a question that in my view can only be answered with an emphatic ‘yes’.”
Henk Zeevat, University of Amsterdam, in Language 87(1): 203-207, 2011
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General