{"product_id":"temporality-9781405190398","title":"Temporality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlosses xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Semantic Universals 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Direct Semantic Composition 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Simple Type Logic (TL0) 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 A CG.TL0 Fragment of English 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Dynamic Type Logic (DL0) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 A CG.DL0 Fragment of English 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Centering: A Blind Spot of English-Based Logics 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Nominal Reference with Centering 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Center v. Periphery: Anaphora to Structured Lists 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Kalaallisut Third Person Inflections as Top-Level Anaphora 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Mandarin Third Person Features as Top-Level Anaphora 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 English Third Person Pronouns as Shallow Anaphora 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Simple Update with Centering (UC0) 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Tense as Temporal Centering 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Polish Third Person Inflections as Top-Level Anaphora 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Polish Tenses as Top-Level Temporal Reference 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 English Tenses as Temporal (In)definites 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 English Tenses as Top-Level Temporal Reference 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 UC0 with Temporal Centering (UCτ) 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Aspect as Eventuality Centering 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Polish Aspect Features v. Inflections 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Mandarin Aspect Features v. Particles 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 English Aspectual Auxiliaries 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 UCτ with Mereology (UCτ+) 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Quantification as Reference to Sets 118\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Nominal Quantification and Anaphora 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Nominal Quantification and Temporal Reference 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Temporal Quantification and Anaphora 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 UCτ+ with Discourse Referents for Sets (UCτ?a) 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Mood as Illocutionary Centering 142\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Illocutionary Moods with(out) Reportative Recentering 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 (Not-)at-Issue Content as Modal Discourse Reference 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 (Not-)at-Issue with Start-Up Illocutionary Referents 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Dependent Moods as Perspectival (Re)centering 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 UCδ?a with Illocutionary Referents (UCε!?a) 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 (In)direct Speech and Attitude Reports 166\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Mood with(out) Reportative Recentering Revisited 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 At-Issue Reports with Finite Complements 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 At-Issue Reports with Non-Finite Complements 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 UC: Combining UCτ?a and UCε!?a 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Temporal Variation 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Tense-Based Temporality in English 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Indexical Past with(out) Recentering Aspect 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Indexical Non-Past with(out) Recentering Aspect 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Reports: Speaker’s View of Subject’s (Non-)Past 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Quantification: Tenses in Distributive Contexts 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 A CG.UC Fragment of English 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Tense-Aspect-Based Temporality in Polish 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Relative Past (Im)perfective 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Relative Non-Past (Im)perfective 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Reports: Subject’s (Non-)Past 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Quantification: Distributed (Im)perfectives 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 A CG.UC Fragment of Polish 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Aspect-Based Temporality in Mandarin 246\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Non-Future: Verifiable Topic State 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Future: Prospective Topic State or Comment 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Reports: Attitudinal Topic State or Comment 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Quantification: Topical Habit or Distributive Comment 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 A CG.UC Fragment of Mandarin 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Mood-Based Temporality in Kalaallisut 272\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Non-Future: Verifiable Eventualities 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Future: Verifiable Eventualities with Future c-Points 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Reports: Verifiability from Agent's Perspective 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Quantification: Verifiable Habits 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 A CG.UC Fragment of Kalaallisut 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 323\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529338626391,"sku":"9781405190398","price":38.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405190398.jpg?v=1731875232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/temporality-9781405190398","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}