A Compositional Semantics for Complex Tenses in Japanese
- We propose a formulation of 'relative tense theory' as applied to the complex tenses in Japanese using an HPSG grammar with its semantics represented based on Discourse Representation Theory. Specifically, a mechanism of tense interpretation which consecutively combines Discourse Representation Structures in parallel with an otherwise motivated hierarchical syntactic structure is presented. The framework provides a concise and comprehensive account of the Japanese simplex and complex tenses; it is made possible by the use of a hypothetical temporal point temporal axis, which relates the location time of the relevant clause to an outer temporal point, and a modal semantic operator woll.
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| Author: | Kei YoshimotoGND, Yoshiki MoriGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-708235 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2001.20 |
| ISSN: | 1535-1793 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications |
| Place of publication: | Stanford, CA |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2002/05/01 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2002 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (8 : 2001 : Trondheim) |
| Release Date: | 2024/08/30 |
| GND Keyword: | Japanisch; Tempus; Diskursrepräsentationstheorie; Head-driven phrase structure grammar |
| Volume: | 8.2002 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page Number: | 20 |
| First Page: | 300 |
| Last Page: | 319 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Semantik / Semantics |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
