Zusammenfassung In Homer, νῦν generally functions as an adverb referring to the present or the immediate future of the speaker. Apart from this use as a temporal adverb, νῦν has also developed a use as a discourse marker: it functions as a marker of discourse topic shift and as an adversative particle; besides these two values, νῦν also functions, as we will try to demonstrate, as an illustrative particle. The line between the use of νῦν as a temporal adverb or a discourse marker is blurred, as could be expected, but contexts in which the verb expresses past states of affairs totally exclude an interpretation of νῦν as a temporal adverb. This paper aims at determining the factors that have triggered the development of νῦν as a discourse marker. It will also describe the conditions that allow the use of νῦν in the description of states of affairs that took place in a distant past.

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Zur 分析 von νῦν bei Homer

Zusammenfassung 在荷马史诗中，νῦν 通常用作副词，指代说话者的现在或不久的将来。除了用作时间副词外，νῦν 还开发了用作语篇标记的用途：它用作语篇主题转移的标记和反义词；除了这两个值之外，νῦν 还可以作为说明性粒子起作用，正如我们将尝试证明的那样。正如所料，νῦν 作为时间副词或话语标记的使用之间的界限是模糊的，但动词表达过去事态的上下文完全排除了将 νῦν 作为时间副词的解释。本文旨在确定引发 νῦν 作为话语标记发展的因素。