<p><em>Time in Natural Language </em> investigates the relationship between the syntactic and semantic representations of sentences within the domain of tense. Assuming that tenses are semantically composed of three distinct times, Thompson proposes that these times map onto the syntax in a regular
Time in Natural Language: Syntactic Interfaces with Semantics and Discourse (Interface Explorations) (Interface Explorations)
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