The expression of time
Time is the most fundamental category of human cognition and action, and all human languages have developed many devices to express it. These include verbal categories, such as tense and aspect, but also adverbials, particles, and principles of discourse organisation. This book is intended as a tuto...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin New York
Mouton de Gruyter
[2009]
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| Series: | The expression of cognitive categories
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The expression of cognitive categories (3)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110199031 |
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| Author Notes: | edited by Wolfgang Klein, Ping Li |
| Summary: | Time is the most fundamental category of human cognition and action, and all human languages have developed many devices to express it. These include verbal categories, such as tense and aspect, but also adverbials, particles, and principles of discourse organisation. This book is intended as a tutorial for the study of how time is expressed in natural languages. Its chapters take the reader through a number of foundational issues, such as the various notions of time and the various means to express it; other chapters are devoted to more specific questions, such as the acquisition of time, its |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9783110199031 9783110195828 311019581x 9783110195811 3110195828 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110199031 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |