Aspect: An Introduction to the Study of Verbal Aspect and Related Problems (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

Comrie, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521211093 ISBN 13: 9780521211093

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1976

Synopsis

An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect. Topics covered include the relation of tense and aspect, the morphology and the semantics of aspect, and structuralist and philosophical approaches. Dr Comrie draws his examples particularly from English and the Slavonic and Romance languages, but also from Arabic, Chinese, Welsh, Greek and a variety of others. This is the first study of aspect, considered as a general linguistic phenomenon. It is intended for students of individual languages as well as for students of linguistics.

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Book Description:

An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect. Topics covered include the relation of tense and aspect, the morphology and the semantics of aspect, and structuralist and philosophical approaches. The first study of aspect as a general linguistic phenomenon, it is intended for students of individual languages and linguistics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0521211093
• ISBN 13: 9780521211093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 151