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If there’s a domain in linguistics which complexity calls for ever further research, it’s clearly that of tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality, often referred to as ‘TAME’. The reason for which these domains of investigation have been connected so tightly as to deserve a common label is that their actual intertwining is so dense that one can hardly measure their effects purely individually, without regard to the other notions of the spectrum. On the other hand, despite their imbrications, tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality remain – needless to say – separate theoretical entities. The papers gathered in this volume cover a range of issues and a variety of methods that help delineate, each in its way, new perspectives on this broad domain.
If there’s a domain in linguistics which complexity calls for ever further research, it’s clearly that of tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality, often referred to as ‘TAME’. The reason for which these domains of investigation have been connected so tightly as to deserve a common label is that...
About the author
Laura Baranzini received her Ph.D. in Italian Linguistics from the University of Geneva in 2010. She worked as a post-doc researcher at the universities of Neuchâtel, Basel and Turin. She is currently a permanent researcher at Osservatorio linguistico della Svizzera italiana and a lecturer at Università della Svizzera italiana.
Louis de Saussure, Ph.D., is professor of linguistics and discourse analysis at the University of Neuchatel where he participated to the creation of the Cognitive Science Centre. He has published extensively, in particular in the domain of TAME.
Louis de Saussure, Ph.D., is professor of linguistics and discourse analysis at the University of Neuchatel where he participated to the creation of the Cognitive Science Centre. He has published extensively, in particular in the domain of TAME.
Laura Baranzini received her Ph.D. in Italian Linguistics from the University of Geneva in 2010. She worked as a post-doc researcher at the universities of Neuchâtel, Basel and Turin. She is currently a permanent researcher at Osservatorio linguistico della Svizzera italiana and a lecturer at Uni...
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