Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure

This paper proposes an account of the semantics and pragmatics of the Italian indicative imperfect. This tense is described as deriving all of its uses from an extremely reduced core of semantic features as the point of departure to a series of interpretative paths leading to different context-relat...

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Autores principales:	Laura Baranzini, Claudia Ricci
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Lenguaje:	CA EN
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015
Materias:	imperfect Italian imperfetto semantics pragmatic enrichment modal Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7f2129e87bf34fdb8b76df2f0e22f5702021-11-27T10:47:10ZSemantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure10.5565/rev/catjl.1611695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/7f2129e87bf34fdb8b76df2f0e22f5702015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/161https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719This paper proposes an account of the semantics and pragmatics of the Italian indicative imperfect. This tense is described as deriving all of its uses from an extremely reduced core of semantic features as the point of departure to a series of interpretative paths leading to different context-related possible interpretations through a process of pragmatic enrichment. With regard to the temporal parameter, the semantics of the imperfect is described as conveying past temporal reference, with an underdetermined scope. With regard to the aspectual parameter, this tense is defined as not semantically determined at all. Upon pragmatic integration of contextual information, three main classes of meaning effects associated with the imperfect are assumed to emerge: a narrative effect, an evidential effect and an effect of activation of a preliminary phase in relation to the event. Based on the above mentioned features, an overall semantic-pragmatic mapping of the imperfect and of its interpretive procedure is proposed.Laura BaranziniClaudia RicciUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleimperfectItalianimperfettosemanticspragmatic enrichmentmodalPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 14 (2015)
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description	This paper proposes an account of the semantics and pragmatics of the Italian indicative imperfect. This tense is described as deriving all of its uses from an extremely reduced core of semantic features as the point of departure to a series of interpretative paths leading to different context-related possible interpretations through a process of pragmatic enrichment. With regard to the temporal parameter, the semantics of the imperfect is described as conveying past temporal reference, with an underdetermined scope. With regard to the aspectual parameter, this tense is defined as not semantically determined at all. Upon pragmatic integration of contextual information, three main classes of meaning effects associated with the imperfect are assumed to emerge: a narrative effect, an evidential effect and an effect of activation of a preliminary phase in relation to the event. Based on the above mentioned features, an overall semantic-pragmatic mapping of the imperfect and of its interpretive procedure is proposed.
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title	Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure
title_short	Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure
title_full	Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure
title_fullStr	Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure
title_full_unstemmed	Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure
title_sort	semantic and pragmatic values of the italian imperfetto: towards a common interpretive procedure
publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Semantic and pragmatic values of the Italian imperfetto: Towards a common interpretive procedure

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