This book explores graded expressions of modality, a rich and
underexplored source of insight into modal semantics. Studies on
modal language to date have largely focussed on a small and
non-representative subset of expressions, namely modal auxiliaries
such as must, might, and ought. Here, Daniel Lassiter argues that
we should expand the conversation to include gradable modals such
as more likely than, quite possible, and very good. He provides an
introduction to qualitative and degree semantics for graded
meaning, using the Representational Theory of Measurement to expose
the complementarity between these apparently opposed perspectives
on gradation. The volume explores and expands the typology of
scales among English adjectives and uses the result to shed light
on the meanings of a variety of epistemic and deontic modals. It
also demonstrates that modality is deeply intertwined with
probability and expected value, connecting modal semantics with the
cognitive science of uncertainty and choice.
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