Frontmatter -- Contents -- Bibliography -- Introduction -- Concepts of time -- A time-relational analysis of Russian aspect -- An analysis of the German Perfekt -- Aspect and assertion in mandarin Chinese -- On times and arguments -- On the "Imperfective paradox" and related problems -- Local deixis in route directions -- Some notorious pitfalls in the analysis of spatial expressions -- Time and again -- On the scope of negation -- About the German particles schon and noch -- The information structure of French -- Quaestio and L-perspectivation -- Finiteness, universal grammar and the language faculty -- The basic variety (or: couldn't natural languages be much simpler?) -- Why case marking? -- The grammar of varieties -- Index.
Summary
The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems.
