Author: Mandy Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory IV
Author: Mandy Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Proceedings of SULA 4
Author: Amy Rose Deal
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Oc
ISBN: 9781419679957
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume consists of 20 papers proceeding from the 4th conference on the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas (SULA).
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Oc
ISBN: 9781419679957
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume consists of 20 papers proceeding from the 4th conference on the Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas (SULA).
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory XVII, [held at the University of Connecticut, May 11-13, 2007]
Author: Tova Friedman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979730221
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979730221
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Semantics of Evidentials
Author: Sarah E. Murray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191503797
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book provides argues for a compositional, truth-conditional, crosslinguistic semantics for evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a statement is based. Central to the proposed theory is the distinction between what propositional content is at-issue and what content is not-at-issue. Evidentials contribute not-at-issue content, and can affect the level of commitment a sentence makes to the main proposition, which is contributed by sentential mood. In this volume, Sarah Murray builds on recent work in the formal semantics of evidentials and related phenomena, and proposes a semantics that does not appeal to separate dimensions of illocutionary meaning. Instead, she argues that all sentences make three semantic contributions: at-issue content, not-at-issue content, and an illocutionary relation. At-issue content is presented and made available for subsequent anaphora, but is not directly added to the common ground; not-at-issue content directly updates the common ground; and the illocutionary relation uses a proposition to impose structure on the common ground, which, depending on the clause type, can trigger further updates. The analysis is supported by extensive empirical data from Cheyenne, drawn from the authors own fieldwork, as well as from English and a variety of other languages.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191503797
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book provides argues for a compositional, truth-conditional, crosslinguistic semantics for evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a statement is based. Central to the proposed theory is the distinction between what propositional content is at-issue and what content is not-at-issue. Evidentials contribute not-at-issue content, and can affect the level of commitment a sentence makes to the main proposition, which is contributed by sentential mood. In this volume, Sarah Murray builds on recent work in the formal semantics of evidentials and related phenomena, and proposes a semantics that does not appeal to separate dimensions of illocutionary meaning. Instead, she argues that all sentences make three semantic contributions: at-issue content, not-at-issue content, and an illocutionary relation. At-issue content is presented and made available for subsequent anaphora, but is not directly added to the common ground; not-at-issue content directly updates the common ground; and the illocutionary relation uses a proposition to impose structure on the common ground, which, depending on the clause type, can trigger further updates. The analysis is supported by extensive empirical data from Cheyenne, drawn from the authors own fieldwork, as well as from English and a variety of other languages.
Semantics: Foundational issues
Author: Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415266338
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415266338
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Negation
Author: Viviane Déprez
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019256627X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
In this volume, international experts in negation provide a comprehensive overview of cross-linguistic and philosophical research in the field, as well as accounts of more recent results from experimental linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience. The volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to a range of fundamental questions ranging from why negation displays so many distinct linguistic forms to how prosody and gesture participate in the interpretation of negative utterances. Following an introduction from the editors, the chapters are arranged in eight parts that explore, respectively, the fundamentals of negation; issues in syntax; the syntax-semantics interface; semantics and pragmatics; negative dependencies; synchronic and diachronic variation; the emergence and acquisition of negation; and experimental investigations of negation. The volume will be an essential reference for students and researchers across a wide range of disciplines, and will facilitate further interdisciplinary work in the field.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019256627X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
In this volume, international experts in negation provide a comprehensive overview of cross-linguistic and philosophical research in the field, as well as accounts of more recent results from experimental linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience. The volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to a range of fundamental questions ranging from why negation displays so many distinct linguistic forms to how prosody and gesture participate in the interpretation of negative utterances. Following an introduction from the editors, the chapters are arranged in eight parts that explore, respectively, the fundamentals of negation; issues in syntax; the syntax-semantics interface; semantics and pragmatics; negative dependencies; synchronic and diachronic variation; the emergence and acquisition of negation; and experimental investigations of negation. The volume will be an essential reference for students and researchers across a wide range of disciplines, and will facilitate further interdisciplinary work in the field.
The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics
Author: Chris Cummins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192509543
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
This handbook is the first to explore the growing field of experimental semantics and pragmatics. In the past 20 years, experimental data has become a major source of evidence for building theories of language meaning and use, encompassing a wide range of topics and methods. Following an introduction from the editors, the chapters in this volume offer an up-to-date account of research in the field spanning 31 different topics, including scalar implicatures, presuppositions, counterfactuals, quantification, metaphor, prosody, and politeness, as well as exploring how and why a particular experimental method is suitable for addressing a given theoretical debate. The volume's forward-looking approach also seeks to actively identify questions and methods that could be fruitfully combined in future experimental research. Written in a clear and accessible style, this handbook will appeal to students and scholars from advanced undergraduate level upwards in a range of fields, including semantics and pragmatics, philosophy of language, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192509543
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
This handbook is the first to explore the growing field of experimental semantics and pragmatics. In the past 20 years, experimental data has become a major source of evidence for building theories of language meaning and use, encompassing a wide range of topics and methods. Following an introduction from the editors, the chapters in this volume offer an up-to-date account of research in the field spanning 31 different topics, including scalar implicatures, presuppositions, counterfactuals, quantification, metaphor, prosody, and politeness, as well as exploring how and why a particular experimental method is suitable for addressing a given theoretical debate. The volume's forward-looking approach also seeks to actively identify questions and methods that could be fruitfully combined in future experimental research. Written in a clear and accessible style, this handbook will appeal to students and scholars from advanced undergraduate level upwards in a range of fields, including semantics and pragmatics, philosophy of language, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases
Author: Paul Portner
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110589443
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Gain a deeper understanding of essential research on the semantics of noun phrases and verb phrases. Clear explanations of significant recent research bring complex issues to life, with expert guidance on topics of debate within the field. The book gives readers valuable insights into topics such as definiteness, specificity, genericity aspect, aktionsart and mood. It also discusses directions for future research. Written by a world-class team of authors, these highly cited articles are here in paperback for the first time since their original publication. An essential reference for researchers in the area.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110589443
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Gain a deeper understanding of essential research on the semantics of noun phrases and verb phrases. Clear explanations of significant recent research bring complex issues to life, with expert guidance on topics of debate within the field. The book gives readers valuable insights into topics such as definiteness, specificity, genericity aspect, aktionsart and mood. It also discusses directions for future research. Written by a world-class team of authors, these highly cited articles are here in paperback for the first time since their original publication. An essential reference for researchers in the area.
The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions
Author: A. Butler
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230501605
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Split constructions are very widespread in natural languages. The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical example of such a construction. This study addresses the problem that such discontinuous strings exhibit a number of locality constraints, including intervention effects. These are shown to follow from the interaction of a minimalist syntax with a semantics that directly assigns a model-theoretic interpretation to syntactic logical forms. The approach is shown to have wide empirical coverage and a conceptual simplicity. The book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of syntax and semantics.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230501605
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Split constructions are very widespread in natural languages. The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical example of such a construction. This study addresses the problem that such discontinuous strings exhibit a number of locality constraints, including intervention effects. These are shown to follow from the interaction of a minimalist syntax with a semantics that directly assigns a model-theoretic interpretation to syntactic logical forms. The approach is shown to have wide empirical coverage and a conceptual simplicity. The book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of syntax and semantics.