Time Window Of Language: The Interaction Between Linguistic and Non-linguistic Knowledge in the Temporal Interpretation of German and English Texts (Language, Context, and Cognition)

Focusing on English and German examples, the study deals with the temporal interpretation of texts in non-aspect languages. The author presumes that a coherent interpretation of a text results from a complex interaction between linguistic and extra-linguistic information. The study presents a unified account of the semantics of temporality which treats the varying grammatical factors (aspectual classes, tense, and discourse structure) in a systematic way.