Extolling the event

Abstract

This article investigates the interdependence between discourse and event. The repercussion of the event lies in the fact that it syncretizes three different semiotic modes: (i) efficiency, which links occurrence and achievement; (ii) existence, which connects projective intent and retrospective apprehension; (iii) and junction, which correlates concession and implication. Considering these correlations, the analysis of the event leads to the definition of event = occurrence + apprehension + concession. The plausible correlated term for event, exercise, is analyzed and defined symmetrically and inversely to the former one, i.e., exercise = achievement + intent + implication. If the event is the core of the discourse, this is undoubtedly due to the fact that it selects a marked term for each mode.