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134 Chapter 6. The temporal structure of discourseanaphor that looks for an antecedent in the context to bind to and I will specifythe default binding rules. It will turn out that these rules, in combination withthe semantics of aoristic and imperfective aspect, straightforwardly explain thetemporal patterns found in Ancient Greek discourse.Before formulating the analysis in section 6.3, in the next section I will firstgive an overview of the common temporal patterns found in Ancient Greek.6.2 Temporal patternsThe choice for a certain aspectual form affects the interpretation of the temporalrelation between the eventualities described. A sequence of aorist indicativeforms, for example, often leads to the interpretation that the eventualities happenin the order in which they are mentioned (cf. Rijksbaron 2002:13). Aneventuality mentioned later is interpreted as succeeding the eventualities mentionedbefore, as in (159):(159) . . .... π έ θ α ν εapethanedie.pst.AOR.3sgδηµοσίηdēmosiēiat.public.expenseτεteprtκάλλιστα,kallista,very.finelyκαί µινkai minandhe.acc. . .... θ α ψ α νethapsanbury.pst.AOR.3plΑθηναοιAthēnaioiAthenians.nom“... he died very finely, and the Athenians buried him at publicexpense ...” Hdt. 1.30.5Here, the burying is interpreted as happening after the death. In this examplethe interpretation of succession can of course not with certainty be attributedto the aspect choice, since world knowledge already tells us that this is thenormal order of events. In (160), however, world knowledge doesn’t help usestablishing the temporal relation in a unique way (building temples may bea way of thanking for recovery just as recovery may be the result of buildingtemples):(160) καkaiδοduoτεteντantiν̋henosνηο̋nēousprt two.acc prt instead.of one.gen temples.accΑθηναίηAthēnaiēiAthena.datτtēithe.datο κ ο δ µ η σ εoikodomēsebuild.pst.AOR.3sgΑσσησ,Assēsōi,Assessos.datατ̋autosself.nomhothe.nomτεteprtκekfromτtēithe.datΑλυάττη̋AluattēsAlyattes.nomτ̋tēsthe.genνeninνοσουnousouillness.gen
6.2 Temporal patterns 135 ν έ σ τ η.anestē.rise.from.pst.AOR.3sg“Alyattes built not one but two temples of Athena at Assesos, andrecovered from his illness.” Hdt. 1.22.4Nevertheless, the natural interpretation of (160) is that the recovery followsthe building process. 1With a sequence of imperfective forms, on the other hand, the interpretationis often that the described eventualities overlap, as in (161) and (162) (cf.Rijksbaron 2002:12):(161) δµε̋dmōesslaves.nomοhoisome.nomοhoisome.nomλλοιalloiothers.nomσχάρα̋escharashearths.accπρ̋prostoµνmenprtδd’prtργονergonπάντε̋pantes ε σ α νhiesanχέρα̋cheras.work.acc all.nom send.pst.IPFV.3pl hands.accσφαγεονsphageionsacrificial.bowl.acc ρ ο νēirontake.up.pst.IPFV.3pl φ ε ρ ο ν,epheron,bring.pst.IPFV.3plκαν,kana,baskets.accδ πρ ν π τ ο ν µφί τde pur anēpton amphi t’prt fire.acc kindle.pst.IPFV.3pl round prtλέβητα̋lebētas ρ θ ο υ νōrthoun.πσαpasaδd’cauldrons.acc set.upright.pst.IPFV.3pl whole.nom prt κ τ π ε ιektupeiστέγηstegēdrone.pst.IPFV.3sg roof.nom“The slaves all set their hands unto the work. Some brought the bowlof slaughter, some took up the baskets; the fire some kindled, andthe cauldrons set over the hearths: with tumult rang the roofs.” E.El. 799-8021 Lacking native speakers of Ancient Greek, we would not be completely sure about this,were it not that it is indicated in the previous sentences in the story that Athena’s templehas to be rebuilt in order for Alyattes to recover.
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210 References(Eds.), Cross-linguis
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