Event

Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Definition:

An event is a kind of information in discourse that:

Discussion:

A discourse hypothesis is that events and non-events are differentiated.

NonExamples:

Negatives (Nothing is described as having occurred.)
Questions (Nothing is described as having occurred.)
Modal expressions (No claim is made in a modal expression that anything occurred.)
Expressions containing verbs in projected time (Nothing is described as having yet occurred.)
Expressions containg verbs (They are not overt. see, hear, feel, but expressions containing look, listen, touch can be events)
Flashbacks and previews (They don't occur at the now point of the narrative.)