Towards a theory of modal-temporal interaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2940591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hotze Rullmann, Lisa Matthewson (0000-0001-5157-6470) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-331 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lan.0.0227 |
| OpenAlex | W4233816373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 30 |
A compositional analysis is provided of temporal perspective and orientation (Condoravdi 2002) of modals in Dutch, English, Gitksan (Tsimshianic), and St‘át'imcets (Lillooet Salish). Modals interact freely with the tense-aspect architecture in each language. Temporal perspective is determined by an operator scoping over the modal, usually tense, while temporal orientation is determined by aspectual operators below it (and further restricted by the diversity condition). In contrast to much of the literature, it is argued that epistemic modals can scope under past tense. Modal-temporal interactions behave in predictable ways in Dutch, Gitksan, and St‘át'imcets, whereas the English system is more idiosyncratic and partly lexicalized
Contrast (vision) · Linguistics · Modal · Modal verb · Object (grammar) · Orientation (vector space) · Perspective (graphical) · Scope (computer science) · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
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| Citations per year | 3,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |