{"product_id":"9781405190398","title":"Temporality Universals and Variation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eExplorations in Semantics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTemporality\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUniversals and Variation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaria Bittner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Semantics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTemporality\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the ways in which languages of different types refer to past, present, and future events, through an in-depth examination of four major language types: tense-based English, tense-aspect-based Polish, aspect-based Chinese, and mood-based Kalaallisut.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCutting-edge research on directly compositional dynamic semantics of languages with and without grammatical tense\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew in-depth analysis of temporal, aspectual, modal, as well as nominal discourse reference\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a novel logical language for representing linguistic meaning (Update with Centering)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops a unified theory of tense, aspect, mood, and person as different types of ‘grammatical centering systems’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Bittner \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor of Linguistics at Rutgers University and a member of the editorial boards of \u003ci\u003eJournal of Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSemantics \u0026amp; Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e. She is well known for her work on cross-linguistic formal semantics, dynamic semantics, and syntax-semantics interface, with special focus on Kalaallisut (Eskimo-Aleut: Greenland). Her early research in LF-based static semantics culminated in \u003ci\u003eCase, Scope, and Binding\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 June 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405190398\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e348\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380010971276,"sku":"9781405190398","price":48.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405190398_d0425529-4319-4816-8226-bd74212df9dd.jpg?v=1780174804","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405190398","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}