Taylor & Francis Ltd Sivumäärä: 320 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Painos: 1 Julkaisuvuosi: 1998, 01.01.1998 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meaning in terms of a theory of grammatical constructions. In this theory, grammatical constructions, like words, are conventionalized form-meaning pairs, which are best described not only with respect to their intrinsic semantic values, but also with respect to the functional oppositions in which they participate.