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  • Chapter 4 - Zero-Degree Narrativity and the Registering Present

  • Arjan A. Nijk, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    Tense-Switching in Classical Greek
    Published online:
    27 January 2022
    Print publication:
    17 February 2022, pp 233-265
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    In non-narrative contexts, the use of the present to refer to past events is supported by the idea that these events are currently accessible through some kind of record. In references to mythological events, the implied record is mythographical or iconographical. In references to historical events, the implied record is chronographical, such as the Parian Marble. In references to transactions in the legal and business spheres, the implied record is a document from the corresponding sphere, such as a sales contract. The implication conveyed by the construal of the designated past event as being 'on record' is that this event is well-documented and of some importance in recorded history.