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Proximal Deixis with Calendar Terms: Cross-linguistic Patterns of Temporal Reference
Dana Cohen,Sylviane R. Schwer +1 more
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In this article, an analysis of deictic temporal reference using major calendar units (day, year, week, month) and their divisions (days of the week, parts of day) is presented.Abstract:
An analysis of deictic temporal reference using major calendar units (day, year, week, month) and their divisions (days of the week, parts of day). Our analysis shows systematic inter-linguistic tendencies et indicates that each type of unit encodes different information, affecting their capacity to function independently as temporal markers, in the absence of additional linguistic or extra-linguistic elements.read more
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Besprechungen - Comptes rendus - Sémantique de la temporalité en français. Un modèle calculatoire et cognitif du temps et de l'aspect
Laurent Gosselin,G. Ineichen +1 more
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Automatically Ordering Events and Times in Text
TL;DR: This book presents a theory and data-driven analysis of temporal ordering, leading to the identification of exactly what is difficult about the task, and proposes and evaluates machine-learning solutions for the major difficulties.
Setswana lexical expressions of time
TL;DR: This article explored the way time is lexically expressed in Setswana using data from a Setswana corpus, and isolated instances of temporal reference for linguistic analysis, showing that Setswana uses varied devices such as temporal adverbs (e.g. maabane ‘yesterday’ and phakela ‘in the morning’) and spatial metaphors to express time.
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The Parameter of Aspect
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the development of the Aspectual System of English and its role in Discourse Representation Theory, as well as some of the aspects of its application in linguistics.
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Cognitive Status and the Form of Referring Expressions in Discourse
TL;DR: In this paper, the As propose six implicationally related cognitive statuses relevant for explicating the use of referring expressions in natural language discourse, which are the conventional meanings signalled by determiners and pronouns, and interaction of the statuses with Grice's maxim of Quantity accounts for the actual distribution and interpretation of forms when necessary conditions for the use more than one form are met.