Document Type : Research
Authors
1 Ferdosi Mashad University
2 Binalud University of Mashhad
Abstract
Representing Future Conceptualization in Persian Utterances in the Framework of Default Semantics
Nader Jahangiri[1]
Soheila Nourbakhsh Beidokhti[2]
Received: 2011/11/8
Accepted: 2012/8/9
Abstract
This article deals with the representation of time conceptualization in Persian. Discourse Representation Theory and Default Semantics are semantic theories which have recently accounted for discourse representation. In this article, the capability of these frameworks in representing time conceptualization of Persian is explored. Due to the fact that time conceptualization in Persian is heavily based on pragmatic inferences, it seems that DRT theory which relies on formal factors of utterance to represent time are not an adequate framework to do this job. While, default semantics in which different sources of information including pragmatic inference are to be considered in merger representation, is proved to be an appropriate framework to represent time conceptualization in Persian.
Keywords: discourse representation, futurity conceptualization, utterance, default semantics
[1] Retired professor, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
[2] Assistant professor, Department of foreign Language, Binaloud Institute of Higher Education in Mashhad (Corresponding Author); noorbakhsh@binaloud.ac.ir
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