Overview

Adverbial modification is probably one of the least understood areas of linguistics. The essays in this volume all address the problem of how to give an analysis of adverbial modifiers within truth-conditional semantics. Chapters I-VI provide analyses of particular modifiers within a possible- worlds framework, and were written between 1974 and 1981. Original publication details of these chapters may be found on p. vi. Of these, all but Chapter I make essential use of the idea that the time reference involved in tensed sentences should be a time interval rather than a single instant. The final chapter (Chapter VII) was written especially for this volume and investigates the question of how the 'situation semantics' recently devised by Jon Barwise and John Perry, as a rival to possible-worlds semantics, might deal with adverbs. In addition I have included an appendix to Chapter III and an introduction which links all the chapters together.

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Author:   M. J. Cresswell
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1985 ed.
Volume:   v. 28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9789027720597

ISBN 10:   9027720592
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 November 1985
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I / Adverbs and Events.- II / Adverbs of Space and Time.- III / Interval Semantics and Logical Words.- Appendix to Chapter III (1985).- IV / Prepositions and Points of View.- V / Interval Semantics for Some Event Expressions.- VI / Adverbs of Causation.- VII / Adverbial Modification in Situation Semantics.- Bibliographical Index.- General Index.

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