O papel das restrições aspectuais nas relações retóricas: o caso das frases complexas com quando

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Cunha, Luís Filipe (Author) Other; Silvano, Maria da Purificação (Author) Other

Conference proceedings National

Title: XXIV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística: textos seleccionados

Pages: 239-250

XXIV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística

Lisboa, 2009

Other information

Abstract (EN): In this paper we claim that aspectual properties characterising the situations involved in when-clauses play a crucial role in their temporal interpretation. Since the conjunction quando (‘when’) does not impose, by itself, any particular ordering to the eventualities, we argue that it is the interaction between aspectual properties and rhetorical relations that enables us to fully interpret such sentences. We adopt a distinction between extrinsic rhetorical relations – those that are ascribed by default – and intrinsic ones – those that require some strong semantic interdependency – in order to explain the diversity of temporal and interpretative possibilities associated with the situations co-occurring in when-clauses.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific