Readings of The German Present Perfect

Authors

  • Björn Rothstein

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2005.v9i0.773

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to give a monosemous analysis of the meaning of the German present perfect in terms of an Extended Now approach (McCoard (1978). I propose an account for the different present perfect readings in terms of the discourse-based approach to tense first developed by Kamp & Rohrer (1985). Temporal and rhetorical relations between tenses in a given text will be used to account for the different readings of the present perfect.

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Published

2019-08-20

Issue

Vol. 9 (2005): Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 9

Section

Articles

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How to Cite

Readings of The German Present Perfect. (2019). Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 9, 340-354. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2005.v9i0.773