Tense, aspect, and indexicality
By: James Higginbotham.
Series: Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics -- 26
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780199239313; 9780199239320
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense; Indexicals (Semantics); Semantics (Philosophy); Language and languages -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tense, indexicality, and consequence; title: On events in linguistic semantics; title: Tensed thoughts; title: Tensed second thoughts: comments on Richard; title: Why is sequense of tense obligatory; title: Anaphoric tense; title: Accomplishments; title: The English progressive; title: The English perfect and the metaphysics of events; title: Competence with demonstratives; title: A plea for implicit anaphora; title: Remembering, imagining and the first person.