[Lingtyp] Before-constructions

[MM Jocelyne Fernandez]

Hi,

John actually left because both verbs are simple action verbs in the past.

But with for instance

– John was anxious before leaving,

the implication is not so evident any more.

MMJocelyne Fernandez

Le 19/07/2021 à 01:46, David Gil a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> Am I missing something here?  Consider
>
> (1) John ate before leaving
> (2) John ate before he left
>
> Surely in both of the above sentences, there IS an implication that 
> John actually left.
>
> In terms of whether the two states of affairs take place, I don't see 
> a difference between the above and the following:
>
> (3) John ate and then left
>
> David
>
>
> On 19/07/2021 02:01, Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Temporal construction expressing precedence (a.k.a. 
>> /before/-constructions) consist of a sequence of two clauses in which 
>> the main state of affairs happens before the dependent state of 
>> affairs (Kortmann 1997: 84-85; Cristofaro 2003: 159). The dependent 
>> state of affairs in a /before/-construction may take place at a 
>> subsequent time point. However, there is no implication about whether 
>> or not it actually takes place (Cristofaro 2003: 62).
>>
>> In my sample, there are various languages that use a specialized 
>> clause-linkage device to explicitly indicate that the dependent state 
>> of affairs in a /before/-construction actually takes place.
>>
>> I would be interested in hearing more about languages that have a 
>> clause-linking device that explicitly indicate this type of information.
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance.
>>
>> Best,
>> -- 
>> Jesús Olguín Martínez
>> Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Linguistics
>> /University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)/
>> http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jesús-olguín-martínez 
>> <http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jes%C3%BAs-olgu%C3%ADn-mart%C3%ADnez>
>>
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