'Now' with subordinate clauses
Conference paper
Carter, Sam and Altshuler, Daniel. (2017). 'Now' with subordinate clauses. 27th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America 12 - 14 May 2017 Department of Linguistics, Cornell University. pp. 358-376 https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v27i0.4162
Authors | Carter, Sam and Altshuler, Daniel |
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Type | Conference paper |
Abstract | We investigate a novel use of the English temporal modifier 'now', in which it combines with a subordinate clause. We argue for a univocal treatment of the expression, on which the subordinating use is taken as basic and the nonsubordinating uses are morphologically derived. We start by surveying central features of the latter uses which have been discussed in previous work, before introducing key observations regarding the subordinating use of 'now' and its relation to deictic and anaphoric uses. All of these data , it is argued, can be accounted for on our proposed analysis. We conclude by comparing 'now' to a range of other expressions which exhibit similar behavior. |
Keywords | indexicality; anaphora; subordinate clauses; temporal adverbs; temporal connectives; type shifting |
Year | 2017 |
Publisher | Department of Linguistics, Cornell University |
ISSN | 2163-5951 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v27i0.4162 |
Web address (URL) | https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/index.php/SALT/issue/view/158 |
Open access | Open access |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Open |
Book title | Proceedings of the 27th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference |
Page range | 358-376 |
Book editor | Burgdorf, Dan |
Collard, Jacob | |
Maspong, Sireemas | |
Stefánsdóttir, Brynhildur | |
Output status | Published |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Jun 2021 |
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