Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introductory Chapter
- 2 How to Deal with the Long Tradition of Going Ternary?
- 3 Binary Tense Structure
- 4 Naive Physics and Aspectual Composition
- 5 Levels of Interaction between Aspect and Tense
- 6 Binary Tense Structure and Adverbial Modification
- 7 How to Deal Binarily with ...?
- 8 Tense, Mood and Aspect
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
1 - Introductory Chapter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2021
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introductory Chapter
- 2 How to Deal with the Long Tradition of Going Ternary?
- 3 Binary Tense Structure
- 4 Naive Physics and Aspectual Composition
- 5 Levels of Interaction between Aspect and Tense
- 6 Binary Tense Structure and Adverbial Modification
- 7 How to Deal Binarily with ...?
- 8 Tense, Mood and Aspect
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Chapter 1 identifies three lines of research that stand in the way of compositionality and sketches the Babylonian confusion of terms that are in use for dealing with tense and aspect. In this way, it prepares for a central theme: how to deal with the persistent unclarity about the opposition between perfect(-ive) vs imperfect(-ive). A strict compositional approach aims at unravelling this tangle.
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- The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect , pp. 1 - 11Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021