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"This volume is a model-theoretic inquiry into the semantics of tense in natural language. It presents the view that the semantic contribution of tense is made in relation to structurally higher expressions (so-called relative tense) and argues against the view that tenses are all indexicals. This idea is formally encoded as a ""de se"" analysis of attitudes, originally proposed by Lewis, coupled with a sequence-of-tense rule posited for English. An auxiliary proposal is made to account for some exceptional cases (such as so-called double-access sentences) which invoke ""de re"" attitudes about temporal entities (states or intervals). Since the proposed account assumes that the interpretation of tense is structure-dependent, it also correctly predicts scope interactions between tenses and NPs. This book is intended for scholars and graduate students in formal semantics, syntax-semantics interface, philosophy of language and Japanese linguistics."

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Author:   T. Ogihara
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   58
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.320kg
ISBN:  

9780792338017

ISBN 10:   0792338014
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   30 November 1995
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

One: Introduction.- Two: Tense and Temporal Adverbials in Simple Sentences.- Three: Previous Analyses of Tenses in Embedded Clauses.- Four: Sequence-of-Tense Phenomena in Complement Clauses.- Five: Sequence-of-Tense Phenomena in Adjunct Clauses.- Six: Tense and De Re Attitudes.- Appendix: The Syntax and Semantics of Tenses in English and Japanese.- References.

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