Formal properties of now revisited

IF 1.1 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Una Stojnić, D. Altshuler
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Abstract

The traditional view is that now is a pure indexical, denoting the utterance time. Yet, despite its initial appeal, the view has faced criticism. A range of data reveal now allows for discourse-bound (i.e., anaphoric) uses, and can occur felicitously with the past tense. The reaction to this has typically been to treat now as akin to a true demonstrative, selecting the prominent time supplied by the non-linguistic context or prior discourse. We argue this is doubly mistaken. The first mistake concerns the semantic value of now which is not a time, but a state --- the consequent state of a prominent event. The second is that now is a pure indexical after all, insofar as its interpretation is determined without recourse to extra-linguistic supplementation. Specifically, we argue that any occurrence of now selects the consequent state of the most prominent event, where event-prominence is linguistically maintained through prominence-affecting updates contributed by coherence relations. Our analysis accounts straightforwardly for a wide range of discourse initial and discourse bound uses of now while giving it a simple indexical meaning. EARLY ACCESS
现在重新访问的形式属性
传统观点认为现在是一个纯粹的指数,表示话语时间。然而,尽管这一观点最初很有吸引力,但却遭到了批评。一系列数据显示,现在允许语篇限制(即回指)使用,并且可以与过去时一起恰当地出现。对此的反应通常是将现在视为类似于真正的指示,选择非语言语境或先前话语提供的突出时间。我们认为这是双重错误。第一个错误涉及现在的语义价值,它不是一个时间,而是一种状态——一个突出事件的结果状态。第二,现在毕竟是一个纯粹的索引,因为它的解释是在不借助语言外补充的情况下确定的。具体而言,我们认为,现在的任何发生都会选择最突出事件的结果状态,在这种状态下,事件的突出性是通过连贯关系促成的影响突出性的更新而在语言学上保持的。我们的分析直接解释了现在广泛的话语初始和话语绑定使用,同时赋予了它一个简单的指数意义。早期访问
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