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Grammatical uniformity of tense and aspect
Encoding narrator’s perspective and vantage point through Tense Shift
- Source: Narrative Inquiry, Volume 30, Issue 2, May 2020, p. 381 - 403
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- 19 May 2020
Abstract
Abstract
This paper explores the pragmatic effects of Tense Shift in an Urdu narrative. A linguistic analysis of the semantic and pragmatic effects of Tense Shift is proposed. A key claim of this analysis is that the mechanisms of Tense Shift exist in sentence-level grammar in Urdu. The analysis seeks to provide an explanation for some of the properties of Tense Shift that have been pointed out in previous studies of Tense Shift in other languages. The paper discusses as well the extent to which this analysis is expected to apply to narratives in languages other than Urdu.
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