On the interpretation of tense in temporal adverbial clauses
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Tenses in English temporal adjunct clauses seem to show properties of both matrix and embedded tenses. On the one hand, they are often argued be interpreted with respect time utterance (Stump 1985; Arregui & Kusumoto 1998; Kubota et al. 2011). other more constrained than tenses, claimed limited past tense when is past, present future. I evidence from perfect that always relative nearest c-commanding operator, which can principle give rise types behaviors: tenses some operator if within scope tense, or outside tense. What decides between these possibilities a given clause syntactic pragmatic conditions on adjunction resulting interaction presuppositions introduced by meanings connectives. The result non-perfect, time. When contains perfect, however, may operator.
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عنوان ژورنال: Glossa
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2397-1835']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.1429