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Egetenmeyer, Jakob ORCID: 0000-0003-2394-9545 (2023). The Temporal Relationships between the Pluscuamperfecto and mientras + Imperfecto. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 16 (1). pp. 63-107. de Gruyter. ISSN 2199-3386

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the temporal relationship between a pluperfect verb in a main clause and a following subordinate clause introduced by mientras (‘while’) with an imperfect verb. The specific lexical and aspectual properties of the components lead to clashing expectations concerning the temporal relationship within the structure. The issues are three-fold. First, the subordinating conjunction lexically expresses the co-temporality of the subordinate clause with regard to another eventuality. Second, this may be possible when the pluperfect verb has an eventive reading, but what happens if it asserts a post-state? Third, the widely recognized discourse structural description (coming from DRT) of an imperfect verb is that its location time includes a previously introduced reference time. However, in traditional terms, the reference time involved in the meaning of a pluperfect verb is posterior to the event the pluperfect verb expresses. We address these issues and present a dataset collected from various corpora which underlines that the temporal relationships within the structure show a surprising variability. We discuss the different possibilities in depth, taking Aktionsart and subject reference into account. We also focus on the theoretical issue of the concept of reference time. On the basis of our data, and counter to the traditional approach, we argue that a temporal discourse structure should account for pluperfect verbs by means of secondary reference times.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Egetenmeyer, Jakob j.egetenmeyer@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-9545 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-655773
DOI:	10.1515/shll-2023-2004
Journal or Publication Title:	Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Volume:	16
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 63-107
Date:	2023
Publisher:	de Gruyter
ISSN:	2199-3386
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Collaborative Research Centers > CRC 1252: Prominence in Language > TP C02
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language temporal discourse structure, reference time, pluperfect, imperfect, mientras English
Funders:	DFG
Projects:	SFB 1252 Prominence in Language, Project-ID 281511265
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65577