Time Tense And Reference
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Time, Tense, and Reference
Original essays by philosophers of language and philosophers of time exploring the semantics and metaphysics of tense.
Tense, Reference, and Worldmaking
Author: James Alasdair McGilvray
language: en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date: 1991
The tenses of natural languages are intimately connected with the abilities we have to relate real or fictional stories that take place outside our immediate temporal or spacial context. While philosophers and cognitive scientists have had difficulty coming to terms with these abilities, James McGilvray maintains that they must be understood before an adequate view of what a tense is can be constructed.
The Prominence of Tense, Aspect, and Mood
Author: D. N. Shankara Bhat
language: en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date: 1999-01-01
In this monograph, the author argues that natural languages exemplify the language type by assigning prominence to just one of the three verbal categories of tense, aspect and mood.