The Semantics of the Future
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
7 January 2009
Summary
This book builds a semantics for several kinds of future-referring expressions, including will sentences, be going to sentences, and futurates. While there exists previous work on future-referring expressions, this is the first treatment of such a variety of expressions in a formal semantic framework. Arguments presented herein explicate the meanings of these expressions, and account for similarities and differences among them. Shared is a future-oriented model with a systematic alternatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415971164 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0415971160 |
| Series: | Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
| Author: | Bridget Copley |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“This book is a must for scholars of future referring constructions in any language and any theoretical framework.” –Ana Bravo, University of Granada
“This book is a must for scholars of future referring constructions in any language and any theoretical framework.” –Ana Bravo, University of Granada
About The Author
Bridget Copley
Bridget Copley is a semanticist affiliated with the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris 8 as a Chargée de Recherche in the UMR 7023 “Structures Formelles du Langage.”
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