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Byshkina V. N. The Reference of a French Temportal Adverb Maintenant in Situational Aspect. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2012, vol. 12, iss. 1, pp. 13-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2012-12-1-13-17

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Linguistics

Language:

Russian

The Reference of a French Temportal Adverb Maintenant in Situational Aspect

The article is devoted to language units possessing vague semantics and to actualization of their meanings in situations. It deals with the concept of situation itself, gives different approaches to its investigation, as well as provides a classification of referential meanings of the temporal adverb maintenant.

Authors:

Byshkina

Viktoria

Nikolayevna

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Saratov State University

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Russia, 410012, Saratov, Astrakhanskaya street, 83

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viktoria.byshkina@gmail.com

Key words:

temporality, situation, reference, lexical means of verbali zation, temporal adverb, vague semantics, deixis