Aspect and reference time

Author(s)

• Borik, Olga

Bibliographic Information

Aspect and reference time

Olga Borik

（Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics, 13）

Oxford University Press, 2006

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-221) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Investigating the temporal structure of language, this text deals with 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.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Main Theories of Aspect, I: The Telicity Approach
• 3. Perfectivity in Russian in Terms of Telicity: Testing The Hypothesis
• 4. Main Theories of Aspect, II: The Point of View Approach
• 5. Reference TIme
• 6. Russian Aspect in Terms of Reference Time
• References
• Index

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Details

• NCID: BA78597448
• ISBN:
  • 0199291284
• LCCN: 2006015318
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 226 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PG2306
  • DC22 : 491.75
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Russian language -- Aspect
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA53337174