Browse Dissertations and Theses - Linguistics by Subject "Tense"

  • A contextual analysis of definite and indefinite interpretations of tense 
    Park, Seong Eun (2017-12-06)
    This dissertation analyzes tense, in particular the past tense, within English in the framework of formal semantics. Previous tense theories are either indexical or quantificational—whether tenses refer to time or an ...

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  • Corpus study of tense, aspect, and modality in diglossic speech in Cairene Arabic 
    Moshref, Ola (2012-05-22)
    Morpho-syntactic features of Modern Standard Arabic mix intricately with those of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic in ordinary speech. I study the lexical, phonological and syntactic features of verb phrase morphemes and ...

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  • An event restriction interval theory of tense 
    Beamer, Brandon (2012-09-18)
    This dissertation presents a novel theory of tense and tense-like constructions. It is named after a key theoretical component of the theory, the event restriction interval. In Event Restriction Interval (ERI) Theory, ...

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