Aspect and Reference Time

Name: Aspect and Reference Time
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ISBN: 9780199291298

ISBN-10: 0199291292

ISBN-13: 9780199291298

Edition: 2006

Authors: Olga Borik

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This book investigates the temporal structure of language. It deals with central issues in the understanding of tense and aspect, proposes a new approach to the main problems in the area, and seeks to establish the universal semantic properties of two important and contentious aspectual categories, perfectivity and imperfectivity. Dr Borik develops an original theory of aspect. She shows how this accounts for aspectual categories in Russian, and that it can used to compare Russian to other languages where similar aspectual issues arise. She devotes particular attention to English, a language which appears to have no grammatical categories of perfectivity and imperfectivity. She argues that…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




Introduction



Main Theories of Aspect, I: The Telicity Approach



Perfectivity in Russian in Terms of Telicity: Testing The Hypothesis



Main Theories of Aspect, II: The Point of View Approach



Reference TIme



Russian Aspect in Terms of Reference Time


References


Index