Events, states and times : : an essay on narrative discourse in English / / Daniel Altshuler.
This monograph investigates the temporal interpretation of narrative discourse in two parts. The theme of the first part is narrative progression. It begins with a case study of the adverb 'now' and its interaction with the meaning of tense. The case study motivates an ontological distinct...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Open,, [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 176 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Narrative progression: From discourse connectivity to event partitivity
- 1. Preliminary thoughts: Narrative discourse
- 2. Prominence: A look at 'now'
- 3. Coherence: A look at NARRATION and RESULT
- Appendices
- Part II: Semantics and pragmatics of tense: The nuts and bolts
- 4. Cessation and double access
- 5. Sequence of tense
- 6. Concluding thoughts: Ways of composing with viewpoint aspect
- Bibliography