Dutch temporal connectives

Lexical entries for the Dutch until words: the durative tot, which does not combine with negation, and pas 'only then', the positive polarity item that takes the place of a punctual until and contributes not before without a negation, by Giannakidou's (47). Karttunen treats the parallel German erst alike.

References

• [Gia02]
• [Kar74b]

def Dutch.TemporalConnectives.tot : Tense.Connective

tot is the durative 'until', Marie wachtte tot 9 uur 'Marie waited until nine'.

Equations

• Dutch.TemporalConnectives.tot = { form := "tot", relation := Tense.Connective.Relation.until_ }

def Dutch.TemporalConnectives.pas : Tense.Connective

pas 'only then' is the punctual 'until' of a positive clause, Marie kwam pas om 9 uur aan 'Marie only arrived at nine'.

Equations

• Dutch.TemporalConnectives.pas = { form := "pas", relation := Tense.Connective.Relation.until_ }