Negation and the Temporal Structure of Narrative Discourse  

Oleh:

Swart, Henriette De ; Molendijk, Arie

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) vol. 16 no. 1 (Jan. 1999), page 1-42.
Topik: Narrative Discourse; Discourse Representation Theory; Negative Sentences
Fulltext: vol 16, no 1, p 1-42.pdf (1.87MB)

Isi artikel

This paper develops an analysis of the temporal role of negative sentences in narrative discourse in Etigfati and French. The analysis focuses on differences in the aspectual systems of English and French, and their consequences for the interpretation of negation and quantification. A recursive rule for the introduction of discourse referents characterizes both quantificational and negated sequences as complex states. The notion of coercion explains why states (including complex states) can behave as events at the level of narrative discourse. The analysis is implemented in the framework of Discourse Representation Theory (DKI) developed by Kamp & Reyle (1993).

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