Tenses, Dates and Times

Kepa Korta; María Ponte

doi:10.1515/rela-2015-0002

Authors

Kepa Korta University of the Basque Country
María Ponte University of Seville

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/rela-2015-0002

Keywords:

time, tense, critical pragmatics

Abstract

This paper presents a theory of utterance content that is neutral with respect to some of the key issues in the debate about the proper semantics of tense. Elaborating on some ideas from Korta & Perry (2011), we defend a proposal according to which utterances of both temporally specific and temporally unspecific sentences have a systematic variety of contents, from utterance-bound to incremental or referential. This analysis will shed some light on the contribution of tense to what is said by an utterance.

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