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Telicity and Durativity A Study of Aspect in Dëne Suliné (Chipewyan) and German
By Andrea Luise Wilhelm
Copyright 2007
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book studies the linguistic representation of events by examining the relevance of two salient event characteristics-- telicity and durativity-- to the grammatical system of natural language.
The study of events, and of event characteristics, is an important testing ground for theories on the boundary between extralinguistic and linguistic knowledge, and on the relation between semantics... Read more
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of maps
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
PART I: DËNE SULINÉ
CHAPTER TWO: Viewpoint aspect and its influence on situation type in Dëne
CHAPTER THREE: TELICITY IS NOT GRAMMATIZED IN DËNE
PART II: GERMAN
CHAPTER FOUR: TELICITY IN GERMAN
CHAPTER 5: Viewpoint Aspect and Durativity in German
CHAPTER SIX: The grammatization of aspectual notions
APPENDIX 1: Dëne verbs and tests
APPENDIX 2: German verbs and tests
APPENDIX 3: The Dëne Progressive
End Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Andrea Luise Wilhelm
