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Ling M: Non-canonical tense: Tenselessness, narrative tense, and evidential tense (advanced)

Emily Knick (University of California, Santa Cruz) Roumyana Pancheva (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Block 3
Tuesday & Thursday, 12:00-1:20 pm (NY)

(Lagos: 5:00-6:20 pm; Central Europe: 6:00-7:20; Kyiv/St. P: 7:00-8:20)

The seminar will explore some lesser-studied topics in temporal semantics. We will ask whether tense is universal, how tense is used in narratives, and how tense interacts with evidentiality.