Tenses and aspects


1. Klein’s three-time model

  1. $UT$ (utterance time): 말하는 시간
  2. $TT$ (topic time): 이야기하는 대상 시간 (화제가 되는 시간)
  3. $ET$ (event time): 사건이 일어나는 시간

2. Definitions

  1. precedence: $I < J \iff \forall t \in I\ \forall t’ \in J\ t < t’$
  2. inclusion: $I\subset J \iff \forall t\,(t\in I \rightarrow t\in J)$

3. Tenses

Category Relation
past $TT < UT$
present $UT \subset TT$
future $UT < TT$

4. Aspects

Category Relation Expression
perfective $ET \subset TT$  
progressive $TT \subset ET$ progressive auxiliary be
perfect $ET < TT$ perfect auxiliary have

5. 주요 조합

Category Relation Expression
past perfective $(TT < UT) \land (ET \subset TT)$ preterite lexical verb
present progressive $(UT \subset TT) \land (TT \subset ET)$ is
present perfect $(UT \subset TT) \land (ET < TT)$ have
future perfective $(UT < TT) \land (ET \subset TT)$ will

6. Non-finite clauses

Non-finite clauses는 matrix clause의 $TT$를 물려받는다.

Example.
Having discovered that elliptical orbits fit the observations, he could not reconcile them with his idea.

  • tense: $TT_{non-finite} = TT_{matrix}<UT$
  • aspect: $ET < TT$

7. Dowty’s aspectual calculus

state verb $\phi$에 대해서는 perfect를 아래와 같이 정의한다: \(\text{AT}(t_0, \text{PERF } \phi) \longleftrightarrow \exists I_{XN} [t_0 \in \text{RightBoundary}(I_{XN}) \wedge \forall I' [I' \subseteq I_{XN} \rightarrow \text{AT}(I', \phi)]].\)