Future reference with and without future marking

Bibliographic Data

ID4441199
AuthorsM Ryan Bochnak (0000-0001-8721-2644, University of Konstanz, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume13
Issue1
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Linguistics Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-818X • E-ISSN: 1749-818X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lnc3.12307
OpenAlexW2906781090
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited58

The nature of future temporal reference has long posed a challenge to linguistic theories of temporal interpretation. On the one hand, the future would seem to be the mirror image of the past on a linear timeline. On the other hand, the future is inherently non-factual, suggesting a modal analysis of the future that is non-symmetrical with the past and the present. Cross-linguistic studies of temporal reference have furthermore uncovered much variation in the strategies used to express future interpretation, and this variation cross-cuts the tensed/tenseless language divide. This article focuses on two aspects of future interpretation: (a) the semantics of future markers and the division of labor between the temporal and modal semantics encoded in them and (b) the availability of future interpretations without overt future morphology. The cross-linguistic picture suggests that a modal treatment of the future may be a semantic universal, though certain cases that appear to challenge this generalization will be discussed and require future research

Epistemology · Generalization · Linguistics · Modal · Semantic interpretation · Timeline · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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