1st Edition

A Semantic and Pragmatic Model of Lexical and Grammatical Aspect

By Mari B. Olsen Copyright 1997
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1997. This work studies two related phenomena in human language: the ability of verbs and other lexical items to describe how a situation (event or state) develops or holds in time (LEXICAL ASPECT) and the view some verbal auxiliaries and affixes present of the development or result of a situation at a given time (GRAMMATICAL ASPECT). Through this investigation the author seeks... Read more
Acknowledgments, Abbreviations and conventions Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION Chapter 2. LEXICAL ASPECT Chapter 3. GRAMMATICAL ASPECT Chapter 4. TENSE Chapter 5. ENGLISH TENSE AND ASPECT Chapter 6. KOINE GREEK TENSE AND ASPECT Chapter 7. CONCLUSIONS

Biography

Mari B. Olsen