ТЕМПОРАЛЬНАЯ КОРЕФЕРЕНЦИЯ (на материале английского языка)

Abstract

The article using the material of the English language focuses on studying the issues of temporal coreference. The purpose of the study is to identify the possibilities of implementing temporal coreference using Progressive forms in the English language. In verbal representing temporal reference in English, the referential moment can be expressed by Past Simple, implying a limited interval. These Tense forms may be antecedents for others. The remaining Tenses are anaphoric to it. In case of non-verbal representation of temporal reference, the adverbial modifier of pointed temporal semantics can express the referential moment. Coreference is possible in case of: 1) two non-verbally expressed time intervals, referring to one time interval: the first specifies a larger period, including the second; 2) two verbally expressed intervals; 3) one verbally expressed interval and a second, non-verbally represented. Temporal coreference is represented where a non-verbally expressed referential moment is anaphoric with a time interval verbally implied by predicates in the following Tenses: Past Progressive, Past Simple, Present Progressive, Future Simple. Present Progressive is characterized by coreference with the moment of speech or the present actual moment. Two predicates in Past Progressive and Past Simple can be coreferent to the referential moment represented by the predicate in the Past Simple. Two predicates in Present and Past Progressive can be coreferent provided they are coreferent to the moment of speech or to another moment.