Abstract

The interpretation of temporal adverbials is one of the most complex issues in semantics. It raises numerous questions, for example: (a) What types of temporal adverbials are there? (b) What functions do temporal adverbials have in sentence semantics, i.e. what can they specify and how do they contribute their interpretation to the semantics of their clause? (c) How do the different types of temporal adverbials interact with each other? (d) How can the semantics of particular temporal adverbials be characterized, i.e. what is their specific semantic contribution? (e) How does the internal semantic composition of particular temporal adverbials work? (f) Do they occupy different syntactic base positions, and if so, how do their base positions correlate with their semantic function? Which factors govern what syntactic surface positions they can take? (g) How do they interact with information structural factors?

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