The Context-Dependency of Temporal Reference in Event Semantics

Abstract. Temporal reference in natural language is inherently context dependent: what counts as a moment in one context may be structurally analysed in another context, and vice versa. In this note we outline a way of accounting for this phenomenon within event-based semantics.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: CONTEXT
• Authors: Fabio Pianesi, Achille C. Varzi
• Keywords: CONTEXT 1999, Modelling And Simulation, Natural Language, Temporal Reference, Vice Versa