Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Introduction XV
4. Acknowledgements XXI
5. I Temporality in Language: From Lexical Meaning to Text Interpretation 1
6. II Time and Temporal Structure: a Conceptual Analysis 17
7. III A Methodological Framework Combining Formal Semantics and Formal Knowledge Representation 97
8. IV Ontological and Epistemological Conditions on Temporal Reference 115
9. V Information about Establishing Times in Grammar: a Fragment of German Verbal Semantics 161
10. VI Tense, Discourse Structure, and the Sequencing of Eventives 265
11. VII Conclusion 311
12. Appendix to Chapter VI: Step-by-Step Composition of the Bäuerlein Text 315
13. References 343
14. Text Sources 356
15. Index of Figures 357
16. Index of Symbols and Abbreviations 361
17. Word Index 365