Nonevidential categories, including perfect aspect, past tense, conditional, and other modalities and complementation devices, can develop meanings related to information source. Sometimes, the term mood is used to refer to both mood. Grammatical elements that encode the semantic category of mirativity are called miratives abbreviated mir delancey 1997 first promoted the mirative as a crosslinguistic category, identifying. Crosslinguistic views on tense, aspect and modality. Only a small, but growing, number of formal semanticists are involved in descriptive and typological linguistics involving languages from other continents and some promising work has already been done on topics such as quantification, number, tense, aspect, and modality. Localizing crosslinguistic variation in tense systems.
The semantics of tense and aspect in kala lagaw ya. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education. This book brings together formal semanticists with a crosslinguistic perspective andor those working on lesserknown languages, and typologists interested in. Oxford bibliographies in linguistics evidentials by. Crosslinguistic semantics of tense, aspect, and modality edited. This item appears in the following collections faculty of arts 21715. Crosslinguistic views on tense, aspect and modality brill. Modal options can be realized by word order, modal auxiliaries and modal adjuncts. Animacy shifts and resolution of semantic conflicts. This volume explores the thesis that in the group of west african languages known as kwa, aspect and modality are far more central to the grammar of the verb and the clause than tense. Modal options can be realized by word order moods, modal auxiliaries and modal adjuncts.
The author starts by considering what modality is and how it relates to and differs from subjectivity. Pdf annotation of tense and aspect semantics for sentential amr. Temporal interpretation and crosslinguistic variation publish. Groningen, 1991 was affiliated to stanford university before she became professor of french linguistics and semantics at utrecht university in 1997. Tense, aspect and modality categories in romani tense, aspect and modality categories in romani matras, yaron 20010601 00. Cite download pdf to download pdf you should sign in gost xrakovskij v. Tense and aspect stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Obviously, this ordering is somewhat arbitrary given that some of the papers cross these rather rigid boundaries, as they discuss the interplay of tense and aspect or tense and modality. Introducing semantics download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. It is well known that the aktionsartlexical aspect of a predicate influences the temporal interpretation and the aspectual marking of a sentence, and also that languages differ with respect to which aktionsart properties feed into the tense aspect system see e. A unified modal semantics for outofcontrol in statimcets. The interdependency of tense and aspect temporality is an essential feature of sentences in most languages and its grammatical expression through morphology is obligatory in many languages. Jun 01, 2001 tense, aspect and modality categories in romani tense, aspect and modality categories in romani matras, yaron 20010601 00.
Davis, henry, lisa matthewson and hotze rullmann 2009. The segmental phonology is presented in a distinctive feature format. The semantics of underrepresented languages in the americas. A crosslinguistic discourse analysis of the perfect henrie. Grammatical elements such as mood, modality, and negation were. However, only few studies combine semantic and typological research for a particular semantic domain such as the papers in bach et al. Her work focuses on tense and aspect, referential properties of noun phrases, quantification and negation in sentence and discourse. Pdf the tense, aspect and modality system in murrinhpatha. Chronos 9 international conference on tense, aspect, and. Its approach is broadly functional typological but makes frequent reference to work in formal semantics by scholars such as angelika kratzer and paul portner. The semantics of clause linking in manambu alexandray. Italofrench comparison in the semantics of subjunctive mood. Request pdf modality, subjectivity, and semantic change. Tense and aspect are means by which language refers to timehow an event takes place in the past, present, or future.
Crosslinguistic semantics of tense, aspect, and modality. Aspect and modality in kwa languages studies in language. Tense, aspect and modality categories in romani, stuf. Modality oxford surveys in semantics and pragmatics.
The crosslinguistic adaption of timeml has brought up various challenges korean morphology stando. Crosslinguistic semantics of tense, aspect, and modality linguistics today 148. Modality and language modality is a category of linguistic meaning having to do with the expression of. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical. This book brings together formal semanticists with a crosslinguistic perspective andor those working on lesserknown languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of tense, aspect, and mood modality. This book brings together formal semanticists with a crosslinguistic perspective andor those working on lesserknown languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of tense, aspect, and moodmodality. Aikhenvald linking clauses in manambu involves a variety of means, including clause chaining,speechreports,conjoined dependent clauses,nominalizations, con.
Research program and typological questionnaire voprosy jazykoznanija 2016. This book is a cross linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. The fact that there appears to be a strong crosslinguistic connection between. Electronic publications 80974 freely accessible full text publications plus those not yet available due to embargo. The tense, aspect and modality system in murrinhpatha article pdf available in australian journal of linguistics 321. The handbook of korean linguistics wiley online books. Universita degli studi di firenze linguistics institute, hungarian academy of sciences. He is the author of korean grammatical constructions. It is well known that the aktionsartlexical aspect of a predicate influences the temporal interpretation and the aspectual marking of a sentence, and also that languages differ with respect to which aktionsart properties feed into the tenseaspect system see e. Description most formal semantic and pragmatic work is done on indo european languages, especially english. Chapter 1 crosslinguistic analysis of tense and aspect in. Cover crosslinguistic perspectives on the semantics of grammatical aspect.
D 1975, studies in the syntax of relative and comparative clauses, ph. The complexity of tense and aspect systems, the crosslinguistic variation in. The verbal categories of tense and aspect have been studied traditionally from the point of view of their reference to the timing and timeperspective of the speakers reported experience. This book is a collection of articles dealing with theoretical issues in the study of tense, mood and aspect, as well as with specific semantic and syntactic problems raised by linguistic expressions dedicated to these domains across a variety of languages. A recent example of a major crosslinguistic study is keenan and paperno 2012. In linguistics, modality is a system of linguistic options that allows for expressing a speakers general intentions or illocutionary point as well as the speakers belief as to whether the proposition expressed is true, obligatory, desirable, or actual. Paul portners accessible guide to this key area of current research will be welcomed by students of linguistics at graduate level and above, as well as by researchers in philosophy, computational science, and.
The grammatical correlates of these contours and attitudes are the categories of tense, aspect, and modality. Given the recent uptick in formal semantics research on tenseless and optionaltense languages, we should ask to what extent these typological differences in the grammaticalization of tense systems play a role in deriving crosslinguistic variation in. Crosslinguistic semantics of tense, aspect, and modality linguistik aktuelllinguistics today 0009027255318. Jul 30, 2019 given the recent uptick in formal semantics research on tenseless and optional tense languages, we should ask to what extent these typological differences in the grammaticalization of tense systems play a role in deriving cross linguistic variation in the temporal interpretation of complement clauses. Modality oxford surveys in semantics and pragmatics paul. They play a key role in understanding the grammar and structure of all languages, and interest in them reaches across linguistics. Tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world. This short note on discourse structure completes our article on tense and aspect. Modality and language mit massachusetts institute of. After an introductory chapter that provides an overview to theoretical issues in tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality, this volume presents a variety of original contributions that are firmly empiricallygrounded based on elicited or corpus data, while adopting different theoretical frameworks. This book is of interest for scholars in the field of semantics, logic, syntax, and comparative linguistics. The notion of temporality taken in a broad sense covers both temporal and aspectual linguistic elements. Matrix style grammars consist of several files that work together to define.
Pdf this paper is an overview of the tense, aspect and modality tam system in murrinhpatha. Issues in the semanticspragmatics interface current research in the semantics pragmatics interface current research in the semantics pragmatics interface. On the crosslinguistic distribution of samesubject and. When first published in 1983, biblical words and their meaning broke new ground by introducing to students of the bible the principles of linguistics, in particular, on lexical semantics that branch that focuses on the. Crosslinguistic semantics and the study of greek, journal of greek linguistics on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
Cross linguistic semantics of tense aspect and modality author. Emphasis is given to how the semantic study of greek connects to. This book brings together formal semanticists with a cross linguistic perspective and or those working on lesserknown languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of tense, aspect, and mood modality. This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. The handbook of korean linguistics presents stateoftheart overviews of the linguistic research on the korean language. Crosslinguistics semantics of tense, aspect and modality, ed. Explores the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the. Aspect, tense and modality research explorer universiteit van. A crosslinguistic perspective this book deals with the issue of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in modality from a synchronic. Article animacy shifts and resolution of semantic conflicts. The following examples document this fact by showing that each of. Metamodeling of tense and aspect in a crosslinguistic. From this typological approach arise cross linguistic generalisations and theoretical conclusions that will interest the specialist as much as the advanced student. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here.
On the crosslinguistic distribution of samesubject and differentsubject want complements. A crosslinguistic discourse analysis of the perfect. Ebook mood and modality as pdf download portable document format. Tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world.
This book is a crosslinguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. Chronos 9 international conference on tense, aspect, and modality. There is a proliferation of terms in the study of tense, aspect and modality tam. Prospective and proximative as crosslinguistic categories. Mirativity, initially proposed by scott delancey, is a grammatical category in a language, independent of evidentiality, that encodes the speakers surprise or the unpreparedness of their mind. The third edition of this popular textbook provides an engaging and accessible introduction to semantics for students new to the field. Crosslinguistic annotation of tense and aspect syntax and. Their form and meaning 2003, get started in korean 20, and coauthor of korean.
The case of past reference in turkish ayhan aksukoc aksukocs empirical research on turkish childrens acquisition of the past tense forms the basis for this original and important contribution to the current debate among psycholinguists on the interrelationship between language and cognitive development. If you had a personal account on the old platform, click here. In recent years, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an increased interest in cross linguistic data in formal semantic studies, and, on the other hand, an increased concern for semantic issues in language typology. The author concludes by discussing the relation between modality and other topics, especially tense, aspect, mood, and discourse meaning. Crosslinguistic perspectives on the semantics of grammatical aspect. Tense, aspect and coercion in a crosslinguistic perspective. May 22, 2015 his research areas include functionaltypological linguistics, korean morphosyntax, and grammatical constructions. Palmers characteristic clarity and attention to detail, mood and modality is a major contribution to our understanding of a basic topic in language studies. Structured to allow a range of theoretical perspectives in addressing linguistic phenomena includes chapters on old korean and middle korean, presentday language policies in north and south korea, social aspects of korean as a heritage language, and honorifics.
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