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Time in Language
Contributor(s): Klein, Wolfgang (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415869560     ISBN-13: 9780415869560
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $66.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation
Dewey: 415
Series: Germanic Linguistics
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.70 lbs) 260 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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This book looks at the various ways in which time is reflected in natural language. All natural languages have developed a rich repetoire of devices to express time, but linguists have tended to concentrate on tense and aspect, rather than discourse principles. Klein considers the four main ways in which language expresses time - the verbal categories of tense and aspect; inherent lexical features of the verb; and various types of temporal adverbs. Klein looks at the interaction of these four devices and suggests new or partly new treatments of these devices to express temporality.
 
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