Abstract This study provides a synthesized perspective on the functions and ideological orientation of time adverbials as (re)situated in their socio-political contexts in five speeches by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the UN. By analysing adverbials of truncated, extending, and fixed time references, the study reveals some systematic ideological formulations of conflict and resolution in the Palestinian political discourse. Adverbials of truncated and extending time are incongruous and generate a sense of interpretive dissonance. The truncated sense is embedded and more particular, thus counteracting the extending time which is established as more progressive, perseverant and consistent. This represents power asymmetries and different ideological orientations to conflict and resolution. Adverbials of fixed time, however, are transformative; they grant an end to a clash of ideologies due to the conflict between truncated and extending temporalities, and therefore resurrect a discourse that is based on equity and justice.

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时间会讲故事

摘要 本研究从巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯 (Mahmoud Abbas) 在联合国的五次演讲中综合分析了时间状语在其社会政治语境中的功能和意识形态取向。通过分析截断、扩展和固定时间引用的副词，该研究揭示了巴勒斯坦政治话语中冲突和解决的一些系统意识形态表述。截断和延长时间的副词是不协调的，会产生解释上的不协调感。被截断的意义被嵌入且更加特殊，从而抵消了被确立为更加进步、坚持和一致的延长时间。这代表了权力的不对称和冲突和解决的不同意识形态取向。然而，固定时间状语，具有变革性；它们结束了因被截断的时间和延长的时间之间的冲突而导致的意识形态冲突，因此复兴了一种基于公平和正义的话语。