Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs : Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs.

By: Liu, MingyaContributor(s): Turner, KenMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004248496Subject(s): Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverb | Language arts | SemanticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs : Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative AdverbsDDC classification: 415.76 LOC classification: P284.L5 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notation conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evaluative Adverbs, Conventional Presuppositions and Conventional Implicatures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 EADVs and CIs -- 2.2.1 A Non-truth-conditional Approach and its Problems -- 2.2.2 Semantic Duality and Assertoric Asymmetry -- 2.2.3 A Two-dimensional Approach and its Problems -- 2.3 EADVs and CPs -- 2.3.1 The Undefinedness of At-issue Contents -- 2.3.2 The Undefinedness of CIs -- 2.4 The Projection Problem of EADVs -- 2.4.1 The Embeddability of EADVs -- 2.4.2 The Projection of EADVs in Conditionals -- 2.4.3 Supplements that do not Project -- 2.5 Summary of the Chapter -- 3. A Logic for Conventional Presuppositions and Conventional Implicatures -- 3.1 The Dimensions of CPs and CIs -- 3.2 LCI (Potts, 2005) -- 3.3 LCP/CI -- 4. The Positive Polarity of EADVs -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Distribution of EADVs -- 4.2.1 EADVs and Negation -- 4.2.2 EADVs and Modals -- 4.2.3 EADVs and Questions -- 4.2.4 EADVs and Conditionals -- 4.2.5 EADVs and Other contexts -- 4.3 A Polarity Approach to EADVs -- 4.3.1 Negative Polarity Items -- 4.3.2 Positive Polarity Items -- 4.3.3 EADVs as PPIs: Experimental Evidence -- 4.3.4 Non-veridicality Account -- 4.4 A Projection Approach to EADVs -- 4.4.1 EADVs in LCP/CI -- 4.4.2 EADV Ordering -- 4.5 Summary of the Chapter -- 5. The Subjective Meaning of EADVs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Predicates of Personal Taste (PPTs) -- 5.2.1 Two Kinds of Vagueness -- 5.2.2 Previous Analyses -- 5.2.3 Kinds of (Dis)agreement -- 5.3 EADVs -- 5.3.1 Three Kinds of Vagueness -- 5.3.2 Analysis -- 5.3.3 Embedded EADVs -- 5.3.4 Quantified Judges -- 5.4 Summary of the Chapter -- 6. Conclusion, Problems and Outlook -- References -- Appendix.
Summary: Suitable for linguists and philosophers of language, this book provides a multidimensional analysis for the lexical semantics of evaluative adverbs: nonfactive evaluative adverbs trigger a conventional implicature, whereas, factive evaluative adverbs not only trigger a conventional implicature but also a conventional presupposition.
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Intro -- Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notation conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evaluative Adverbs, Conventional Presuppositions and Conventional Implicatures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 EADVs and CIs -- 2.2.1 A Non-truth-conditional Approach and its Problems -- 2.2.2 Semantic Duality and Assertoric Asymmetry -- 2.2.3 A Two-dimensional Approach and its Problems -- 2.3 EADVs and CPs -- 2.3.1 The Undefinedness of At-issue Contents -- 2.3.2 The Undefinedness of CIs -- 2.4 The Projection Problem of EADVs -- 2.4.1 The Embeddability of EADVs -- 2.4.2 The Projection of EADVs in Conditionals -- 2.4.3 Supplements that do not Project -- 2.5 Summary of the Chapter -- 3. A Logic for Conventional Presuppositions and Conventional Implicatures -- 3.1 The Dimensions of CPs and CIs -- 3.2 LCI (Potts, 2005) -- 3.3 LCP/CI -- 4. The Positive Polarity of EADVs -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Distribution of EADVs -- 4.2.1 EADVs and Negation -- 4.2.2 EADVs and Modals -- 4.2.3 EADVs and Questions -- 4.2.4 EADVs and Conditionals -- 4.2.5 EADVs and Other contexts -- 4.3 A Polarity Approach to EADVs -- 4.3.1 Negative Polarity Items -- 4.3.2 Positive Polarity Items -- 4.3.3 EADVs as PPIs: Experimental Evidence -- 4.3.4 Non-veridicality Account -- 4.4 A Projection Approach to EADVs -- 4.4.1 EADVs in LCP/CI -- 4.4.2 EADV Ordering -- 4.5 Summary of the Chapter -- 5. The Subjective Meaning of EADVs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Predicates of Personal Taste (PPTs) -- 5.2.1 Two Kinds of Vagueness -- 5.2.2 Previous Analyses -- 5.2.3 Kinds of (Dis)agreement -- 5.3 EADVs -- 5.3.1 Three Kinds of Vagueness -- 5.3.2 Analysis -- 5.3.3 Embedded EADVs -- 5.3.4 Quantified Judges -- 5.4 Summary of the Chapter -- 6. Conclusion, Problems and Outlook -- References -- Appendix.

Suitable for linguists and philosophers of language, this book provides a multidimensional analysis for the lexical semantics of evaluative adverbs: nonfactive evaluative adverbs trigger a conventional implicature, whereas, factive evaluative adverbs not only trigger a conventional implicature but also a conventional presupposition.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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