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Aspect in English K. Kabakciev

Aspect in English By K. Kabakciev

Aspect in English by K. Kabakciev

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Based on an earlier edition published in 1992 in Bulgarian, this book offers a specific approach to one of the most controversial problems in linguistics.

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Aspect in English: A Common-Sense View of the Interplay between Verbal and Nominal Referents by K. Kabakciev

Based on an earlier edition published in 1992 in Bulgarian, this book offers a specific approach to one of the most controversial problems in linguistics. According to it, aspect is the result of a subtle and complex interplay between the referents of verbs and nouns in the sentence. This volume is of interest to researchers of aspect and related problems, theoretical and applied linguists, psycholinguists, philosophers of language, graduate students of general linguistics, English (Germanic), and Bulgarian (Slavic).

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. On the essence of aspect. 2. Vendler's classification of situations, and the problem of its interpretation. 3. Verkuyl's theory of compositional aspect. 4. The article and the related markers of quantity in the expression of aspect in English. 5. Extension in time of subjects and objects from a `common-sense' point of view. 6. The mechanism for mapping the temporal values of subjects and objects. 7. The interdependence between markers of boundedness in verbs and in nouns. 8. The Progressive in English. 9. Lexical meanings of verbs, and aspect in English. 10. Meanings of nouns and noun phrases, and aspect in English. 11. The impact of adverbials in the sentence and aspect in English. 12. On negativity and the explication of perfectivity. 13. On aspectual classes in English. 14. On `knowledge of the world' in the explication of aspect in English. Conclusion. Appendix. References. Index of terms. Index of authors.

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NPB9780792365389
9780792365389
0792365380
Aspect in English: A Common-Sense View of the Interplay between Verbal and Nominal Referents by K. Kabakciev
K. Kabakciev
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
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Hardback
Springer
2000-09-30
352
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