In:Conceptual Semantics: A micro-modular approach
Urpo Nikanne
[Constructional Approaches to Language 23] 2018
► pp. 83–104
Chapter 4Temporal structure of situations
Published online: 3 September 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.23.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.23.c4
Abstract
The temporal structure deals with the internal time structure of the situation (cf. Vendler 1957) The temporal structure is a set of several tiers, and it is linked to the thematic structure via the thematic features.
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2Temporal structure as a network of tiers
- 4.3Temporal tier and thematic features
- 4.3.1States
- 4.3.2Events
- 4.3.3Events and inferred states
- 4.4Complex temporal structures in a single situation: Causation
- 4.5Deictic RP-elements
- 4.6Temporal structure of complex sentences: Relating the temporal structure of two situations together
- 4.7Summary
