Tense and Aspect - From Semantics to Morphosyntax

Klappentext The authors bridge the gap between the semantic and syntactic properties of verb tense and aspect! and suggest a unified account of tense and aspect using Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Framework. They compare tense and aspect systems in Romance languages with Germanic ones. Zusammenfassung The authors bridge the gap between the semantic and syntactic properties of verb tense and aspect, suggest a unified account of tense and aspect using Chomsky's Principles and Parameters Framework and compare tense and aspect systems in Romance languages with Germanic ones. In the OXFORD STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE SYNTAX series.

About the author

Alessandra Giorgi is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Bergamo, Italy.

Fabio Pianesi is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Technology and Scientific Research (IRST) in Trento, Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandra Giorgi, Alessandra (Professor of Modern Philology Giorgi, Alessandra Pianesi Giorgi, Giorgi Alessandra, Fabio Pianesi, Fabio (Professor of Computer Science Pianesi, Pianesi Fabio
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.1998
• EAN: 9780195091922
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509192-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax; Oxford Studies in Comparative; Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc