Temporal semantics in a superficially tenseless language

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 673-713

  Matthewson, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspect; Future; Modality; Salish; Tense; Tenseless languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247146755     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10988-006-9010-6     Document Type: Article

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