'Now' with subordinate clauses

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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
AuthorsCarter, Sam and Altshuler, Daniel
TypeConference 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.

Keywordsindexicality; anaphora; subordinate clauses; temporal adverbs; temporal connectives; type shifting
Year2017
PublisherDepartment of Linguistics, Cornell University
ISSN2163-5951
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
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Book titleProceedings of the 27th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference
Page range358-376
Book editorBurgdorf, Dan
Collard, Jacob
Maspong, Sireemas
Stefánsdóttir, Brynhildur
Output statusPublished
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Deposited02 Jun 2021
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