Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introductory Chapter
- 2 How to Deal with the Long Tradition of Going Ternary?
- 3 Binary Tense Structure
- 4 Naive Physics and Aspectual Composition
- 5 Levels of Interaction between Aspect and Tense
- 6 Binary Tense Structure and Adverbial Modification
- 7 How to Deal Binarily with ...?
- 8 Tense, Mood and Aspect
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
2 - How to Deal with the Long Tradition of Going Ternary?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 October 2021
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introductory Chapter
- 2 How to Deal with the Long Tradition of Going Ternary?
- 3 Binary Tense Structure
- 4 Naive Physics and Aspectual Composition
- 5 Levels of Interaction between Aspect and Tense
- 6 Binary Tense Structure and Adverbial Modification
- 7 How to Deal Binarily with ...?
- 8 Tense, Mood and Aspect
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Chapter 2 corrects the tendency to let any serious theory of tense start in 1947 with the publication of Reichenbach (1947). It is absolutely necessary to connect the current theory of tense with classical grammar in order to take into account the aorist or its current descendants. This leads to a discussion of different ternarily organized tense systems as part of a closer inspection of notions like point, interval, fleeting ??, landmark, etc. This prepares the way for showing which sort of role they have in a binary approach. The chapter also gives a sketch of the so-called present perfect puzzle preparing for a solution in Chapter 6.
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- The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect , pp. 12 - 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021