Individuals in time : tense, aspect and the individual/stage distinction

Author(s)

• Arche, María J.

Bibliographic Information

Individuals in time : tense, aspect and the individual/stage distinction

María J. Arche

（Linguistik aktuell, v. 94）

J. Benjamins, c2006

Note

"This book is a reviewed version ... instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset in madrid."--Acknowledgments

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This monograph investigates the temporal properties of those predicates referring to individuals - the so-called individual-level (IL) predicates - in contrast to those known as stage-level (SL) predicates. Many of the traditional tenets attributed to the IL/SL dichotomy are not solidly founded, this book claims, as it examines current theoretical issues concerning the syntax/semantics inter face such as the relation between semantic prop erties of predicates and their syntactic structure. By using the contrast found in Spanish copular clauses (ser vs. estar), Individuals in Time shows that the conception of IL predicates as permanent and stative cannot be maintained. The existence of nonstative IL predicates is demonstrated through analyzing the correlation between the syntactic presence of certain projections (specifi cally, preposi tional complements) and process-like aspect properties. This detailed examin ation of IL predicates in the domains of inner aspect, outer aspect, and tense will be welcomed by scholars and students with an interest in event structure, tense, and aspect.

Table of Contents

• 1. Acknowledgments
• 2. Foreword, by Tim Stowell
• 3. Presentation of the Study
• 4. Individual-Level Predicates
• 5. Event Classes and Individual-Level Predicates
• 6. Aspectual Alternations in Individual-Level Predicates
• 7. Outer Aspect and Individual-Level Predicates
• 8. Tense and Individual-Level Predicates
• 9. Conclusions and Final Remarks
• 10. References
• 11. Name Index
• 12. Subject Index

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Details

• NCID: BA7840174X
• ISBN:
  • 9027233586
• LCCN: 2006042929
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 281 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P281
  • DC22 : 415/.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00524923