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Givón, Talmy. 1972. Forward implications, backward presuppositions, and the time axis of verbs. In Kimball, John P., ed. Syntax and semantics 1. Seminar Press. pp. 29–50.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
implication | modal verb | presupposition | subordinate clause | time deixis | verb of perception

Annotation

On the semantics of two classes of verbs requiring sentential complements, viz. perception/knowledge verbs and aspectual/modal verbs. In order to account for the semantics of these verbs, the time axis phenomenon is proposed.