@article{PhilipowskiZeman2022,
  author    = {Philipowski, Katharina and Zeman, Sonja},
  title     = {Wann und wo ist n{\^u}?},
  series = {Beitr{\"a}ge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur : (PBB)},
  volume    = {144},
  journal   = {Beitr{\"a}ge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur : (PBB)},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {De Gruyter},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {0005-8076},
  doi       = {10.1515/bgsl-2022-0004},
  pages     = {92 -- 120},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {What are the narrative functions of the present tense in medieval narrations? In order to address this question, the paper brings together linguistic observations on tense semantics and a literary analysis of >Wilhalm von Wenden< by Ulrich von Etzenbach. It shows that the present tense can refer to three different kinds of >now<, i. e. the >discourse now<, the >story now<, and the >recipient's now<. In all three contexts, the present tense is not used as a narrative tense but rather indicates a speaker's voice commenting on the events. This leads to the hypothesis that the development of the >narrative present< (as common in modern novels) is based on two requirements: The decoupling between the >discourse now< and the diegetic world as well as the decoupling between the author and the fictional instance of the narrator.},
  language  = {de}
}