Aspectual Shift as Type Coercion1
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The phenomenon of aspectual shift has been discussed by several people over the last ten years using an analogy with type coercion in programming languages. This paper tries to take the analogy literally and to spell out the details for an analysis of some common kinds of aspectual shift in English under the influence of some types of temporal modification. A model theoretic basis for this kind of type coercion is supplied, and an illustrative fragment is worked out.
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Aspectual Shift as Type Coercion Draft 1
The phenomenon of aspectual shift has been discussed by several people over the last ten years using an analogy with type coercion in programming languages. This paper tries to take the analogy literally and to spell out the details for an analysis of some common kinds of aspectual shift in English under the innuence of some types of temporal modiication. A model theoretic basis for this kind o...
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تاریخ انتشار 2002