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 ([giannakidou-2002], the paper's (47); [karttunen-1974] on the parallel German erst).

References

• [A. Giannakidou, UNTIL, Aspect, and Negation: A Novel Argument for Two "Until"s (2002)][giannakidou-2002]
• [L. Karttunen, Until (1974)][karttunen-1974]

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_, decidablePunctual := instDecidableFalse }

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_, punctual := True, decidablePunctual := instDecidableTrue }