{"product_id":"tempus-the-world-of-discussion-and-the-world-of-narration-paperback","title":"Tempus: The World of Discussion and the World of Narration - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarald Weinrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJane K. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMarshall Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, SCAGLIONE PRIZE FOR A TRANSLATION OF A SCHOLARLY STUDY OF LITERATURE, MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA foundational book by one of the most distinguished German humanists of the last half century, \u003ci\u003eTempus\u003c\/i\u003e joins cultural linguistics and literary interpretation at the hip. Developing two controversial theses--that sentences are not truly meaningful in isolation from their contexts and that verb tenses are primarily indicators not of time but of the attitude of the speaker or writer--\u003ci\u003eTempus\u003c\/i\u003e surveys a dazzling array of ancient and modern texts from famous authors as well as casual speakers of German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, and English, with a final chapter extending the observations to Greek, Russian, and world languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic in German and long available in many other languages, \u003ci\u003eTempus\u003c\/i\u003e launched a new discipline, text linguistics, and established a unique career that was marked by precise observation, sensitive cultural outreach, and practical engagement with the situation of migrants. Weinrich's robust and lucid close readings of famous and little-known authors from all the major languages of western Europe expand our literary horizons and challenge our linguistic understanding.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harald Weinrich's classic book, long overdue for English translation, offers a groundbreaking study of time and tense. Arguing that tenses indicate not time in itself but the speaker's relation to the utterance, Weinrich distinguishes narrative tenses from tenses of speech or commentary and explores the different ways in which they function in various European languages and works of literature.\"--\u003cb\u003eJonathan Culler\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA foundational book by one of the most distinguished German humanists of the last half century, \u003ci\u003eTempus\u003c\/i\u003e joins cultural linguistics and literary interpretation at the hip. Developing two controversial theses--that sentences are not truly meaningful in isolation from their contexts and that verb tenses are primarily indicators not of time but of the attitude of the speaker or writer--\u003ci\u003eTempus\u003c\/i\u003e surveys a dazzling array of ancient and modern texts from famous authors as well as casual speakers of German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, and English, with a final chapter extending the observations to Greek, Russian, and world languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic in German and long available in many other languages, \u003ci\u003eTempus\u003c\/i\u003e launched a new discipline, text linguistics, and established a unique career that was marked by precise observation, sensitive cultural outreach, and practical engagement with the situation of migrants. Weinrich's robust and lucid close readings of famous and little-known authors from all the major languages of western Europe expand our literary horizons and challenge our linguistic understanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHarald Weinrich\u003c\/b\u003e (1927-2022) was Professor of German as a Foreign Language at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, and held the Chair of Romance Languages and Literatures at the Collège de France. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eThe Linguistics of Lying, and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eLethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Brown\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMarshall Brown\u003c\/b\u003e are retired professors of comparative literature at the University of Washington.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarald Weinrich \u003c\/b\u003e(1927-2022), after holding professorships in Romance philology and in linguistics at several universities, was founding chair of the Department of German as a Foreign Language at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and, following his retirement in 1992, for six years held the Chair of Romance Languages and Literatures at the Collège de France. Among his many books on literature, linguistics, French and German grammar, language pedagogy, and the sociology of cultures, three have previously been translated into English: \u003ci\u003eThe Linguistics of Lying and Other Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(Washington, 2012), \u003ci\u003eOn Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines\u003c\/i\u003e (Chicago, 2008), and\u003ci\u003e Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e (Cornell, 2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344248070451,"sku":"9781531503345","price":73.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/U5v6C_RivR9781531503345.webp?v=1778719355","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/tempus-the-world-of-discussion-and-the-world-of-narration-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}