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Discourse properties of now

LEE, EUNHEE·2017·Journal of Linguistics
DOI 10.1017/s0022226715000432
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This paper proposes an updated analysis of the uses ofnowto modify past-tense clauses in narratives. It is by now well known that indexical expressions such asnoware not as rigid as previously thought and can shift in some contexts (e.g. a literary style like Free Indirect Discourse in English or under report verbs in some languages). What is interesting about shiftednowis that its distribution is much broader than these limited contexts. The conditions under which it can shift, however, are unclear and still under debate. Many recent proposals have tried to derive this property from the lexical meaning ofnow, thus treating it as a special case. Unlike previous analyses, I argue that the temporal perspective shift and temporal relations are functions of narrative discourse itself rather than the lexical semantics ofnow. The lexical meaning ofnow, I contend, is that it refers to a contextually salient time, regardless of whether it derives from actual speech context or discourse context. In addition,nowinvariably indicates a change of state, denoting the turning point dividing the past and the future seen from this contextually salient time. My claim is based on a quantitative study of naturally occurring narrative examples from the British National Corpus, and formalized in the discourse-level formal framework of Discourse Representation Theory.

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  • The link between the victim's behaviour and Alastair's threats is suggested in 'now you have to pay', with 'now' signalling a perspective shift and change of state from romancing to threatening.

    “The link between the victim's behaviour and his threats is suggested in his 'now you have to pay . . .' (line 7), with the use of 'now' signalling a perspective shift and a change of state (moving from romancing the victim to threatening her, Lee 2017) as a result of the actions he highlights as problematic (line 1).”

    From The Language of Romance Crimes (2024) · cites this paper as Lee 2017

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  3. Hunter, Julie . 2010. Presuppositional indexicals. Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin.
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  5. Anand, 2004, Proceedings of SALT 14, 20
  6. Speas, 2000, Papers in honor of Ken Hale, 19
  7. Lascarides, 2007, Computing meaning, vol. 3, 87
  8. Caenepeel, 1992, Proceedings of the 4th European Workshop on Semantics of Time, Space, and Movement and Spatio-temporal Reasoning, 167
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Authors
LEE, E.
Venue
Journal of Linguistics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2015-11-16
Volume
53
Issue
3
Pages
613-640
ISSN
  • 0022-2267 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7742
DOI
10.1017/s0022226715000432
OpenAlex
W2605631297
Cited by
7
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
Journal of Linguistics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Keywords
now, indexicals, narrative discourse, temporal relations, word meaning, state change, Discourse Representation Theory, British National Corpus, free indirect discourse

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