A Bibliography of Tense, Verbal Aspect, Aktionsart, and Related ...

Bibliography of Tense, Verbal Aspect and Aktionsart
2. GRAMMARS AND GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS. Even where such works contain
relevant material, their inclusion would have at least doubled or tripled
the size of the bibliography and turned it into a general bibliography of
language grammars. A few such works are included, however, which are
frequently referred to in the literature, such as Jespersen’s grammar of
English or Goodwin’s work on the Greek verb. Chapters specifically on
tense/aspect/Aktionsart in general works have also been excluded, with a
few exceptions.
3. USAGE IN PARTICULAR LITERARY WORKS. Some works concern the use of
tenses or aspects in particular works such as chapters of the Bible or by
particular authors (say Herodotus). In general such titles have been
excluded, but a fairly large number are included which are especially
interesting, do not focus on analysis of the literary work but rather on the
semantics and pragmatics of the markers in question, or which have been
frequently referred to in the linguistic literature. Many such works
concern Biblical Hebrew or New Testament Greek.
4. SOCIOLINGUISTICS. Where the focus is on sociological variables and
sociological approaches, the title has generally been excluded, but where
the interest is in the markers themelves and their use, it has been
included.
5. DIALECTOLOGY. Works focussing on describing or contrasting usage in
particular dialects has generally not been included, unless of wider
interest.
6. DIACHRONY. Where the work draws on, or concerns, the meaning or use
of forms, it is included; where it concerns changes in the marker itself it is
excluded.
7. NEUROLINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. Works which principally
concern normal and abnormal psychology or neurology, but have little or
nothing to say about the linguistic system itself are excluded.
8. COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, COGNITIVE SCIENCE,
LEGAL ARGUMENTATION, AND PRACTICAL REASONING. Some works in the general
area of computational linguistics/artificial intelligence/cognitive science
have been included, particularly where they interface with areas of more
central concern such as semantics or temporal logic, but bibliography in
this area is not intended to be comprehensive. Works on reasoning and
argumentation involving time or tense are on principle excluded.
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