The dynamics model, which is based on L. Talmy's (1988) theory of force dynamics,
characterizes causation as a pattern of forces and a position vector. In contrast to …

This book builds a semantics for several kinds of future-referring expressions, including will
sentences, be going to sentences, and futurates. While there exists previous work on future …

A futurate is a sentence with no obvious means of future reference, which conveys that a
future-oriented eventuality is planned or scheduled. I argue that the component of planning …

The notion of force may figure in the meaning of several classes of words, including various
types of verbs (Copley & Harley, in press; Jackendoff, 1990; Pinker, 1989; Talmy, 1988; …

This paper proposes that subjunctive in the complement of belief sentences in Italian
expresses a relation between the attitude holder's beliefs and the common ground. In …

This dissertation presents a semantic analysis of the progressive of both English and
Icelandic, the only two Germanic languages that generally are considered to have fully …

Thischapterwill beprimarily concerned withwhat languagescan tell us about the way the
human mind conceives of time, in the broadest possible sense; it is, to a large extent, a …

Central to this study is a question of how the conceptual distinction between direct and
indirect causation is manifested in the grammar of natural languages. Since the early years …

People have strong expectations about the kinds of entities that can serve as causers. These
expectations are a matter of psychology and philosophy but also, perhaps, a matter of …

I propose a classification of dispositions according to two parameters:(i) whether their
argument is a causer, and (ii) whether they are (almost) always realized or only sometimes …