The Semantics of the Future

(Part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics Series)

by Bridget Copley

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415808227

ISBN13:9780415808224

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:Routledge

Length:172 Pages

Weight:0.56 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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