Binary Tense

Informationen zum Autor Henk J. Verkuyl is professor emeritus of linguistics at Utrecht University. Klappentext Despite shortcomings in Reichenbach's model of tense! it has been the standard introduction for most linguists working on English! German! and Dutch since 1947. "Binary Tense" surpasses that model by reviving ideas that preceded it by almost a century. Instead of the 33 matrix used in the standard model! Henk J. Verkuyl presents a 222 approach that can be applied to a wider variety of languages! including Chinese! Georgian! and Spanish. This binary approach sheds light on the difference between imperfect and imperfective! the matching of tenses in complex sentences! and many other aspects of linguistics. Zusammenfassung Despite shortcomings in Reichenbach's model of tense! it has been the standard introduction for most linguists working on English! German! and Dutch since 1947. Instead of the 3X3 matrix used in the standard model! this book presents a 2X2X2 approach that can be applied to a wider variety of languages! including Chinese! Georgian! and Spanish.

Product details

• Authors: Henk J. Verkuyl
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2008
• EAN: 9781575865645
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-564-5
• No. of pages: 289
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes; CSLI Lecture Notes; Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes; Lecture Notes; CSLI Lecture Notes (CSLI- CHUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics