The Semantics of the Future

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
Cover of the book The Semantics of the Future by Bridget Copley, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bridget Copley ISBN: 9781135875572
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 13, 2009
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Bridget Copley
ISBN: 9781135875572
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 13, 2009
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book builds a semantics for several kinds of future-referring expressions, including will sentences, be going to sentences, and futurates. While there exists previous work on future-referring expressions, this is the first treatment of such a variety of expressions in a formal semantic framework. Arguments presented herein explicate the meanings of these expressions, and account for similarities and differences among them. Shared is a future-oriented model with a systematic alternation between inertial and bouletic ordering sources that provide a new way of understanding the age-old future Law of the Excluded Middle, evident in all of the future-referring expressions. A difference found among these meanings is the presence or absence of progressive- or generic-like aspect in a position higher than the future modal. These very high aspectual operators affect the temporal argument of the modal's accessibility relation, with detectable effects that can be used to determine scope relations in future conditionals. Copley's analysis thus addresses a number of issues of great interest to formal semanticists, from modal and aspectual semantics, to the mapping of functional elements in the clause, to the logical form of conditionals.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book builds a semantics for several kinds of future-referring expressions, including will sentences, be going to sentences, and futurates. While there exists previous work on future-referring expressions, this is the first treatment of such a variety of expressions in a formal semantic framework. Arguments presented herein explicate the meanings of these expressions, and account for similarities and differences among them. Shared is a future-oriented model with a systematic alternation between inertial and bouletic ordering sources that provide a new way of understanding the age-old future Law of the Excluded Middle, evident in all of the future-referring expressions. A difference found among these meanings is the presence or absence of progressive- or generic-like aspect in a position higher than the future modal. These very high aspectual operators affect the temporal argument of the modal's accessibility relation, with detectable effects that can be used to determine scope relations in future conditionals. Copley's analysis thus addresses a number of issues of great interest to formal semanticists, from modal and aspectual semantics, to the mapping of functional elements in the clause, to the logical form of conditionals.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book A History of the Modern Middle East by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Shakespeare's Poetic Styles by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book The Conscience and Self-Conscious Emotions in Adolescence by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book The EFT Casebook by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Teamwork in Medical Rehabilitation by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Race and Ethnicity in the Study of Motivation in Education by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book E-Government in Kazakhstan by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Third World in the First by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Understanding the Humanitarian World by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Evaluation and Translation by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book The Hong Merchants of Canton by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Commodity Trading, Globalization and the Colonial World by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book Modern Africa by Bridget Copley
Cover of the book From Heritage to Terrorism by Bridget Copley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy