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This volume contains 21 new and original contributions to the study
of formal semantics, written by distinguished experts in response
to landmark papers in the field. The chapters make the target
articles more accessible by providing background, modernizing the
notation, providing critical commentary, explaining the afterlife
of the proposals, and offering a useful bibliography for further
study. The chapters were commissioned by the series editors to mark
the 100th volume in the book series Studies in Linguistics and
Philosophy. The target articles are amongst the most widely read
and cited papers up to the end of the 20th century, and cover most
of the important subfields of formal semantics. The authors are all
prominent researchers in the field, making this volume a valuable
addition to the literature for researchers, students, and teachers
of formal semantics. Chapter 19 is available open access under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
First published in 1997, this book addresses the question: What is
the interpretation of English there-existential construction? One
of the principal goals is to develop an interpretation for the
construction that will specifically address other properties of the
postcopular DP. After outlining the problem, the author goes on to
present a syntactic motivation for the claim that the postcopular
DP is the sole complement to the existential predicate, as well as
for the claim that the optional final phrase is a predictive
adjunct. In chapter 3 the interpretation for the basic existential
construction is developed and then compared to analyses that take
the postcopular DP to denote an ordinary individual or a
generalised quantifier of individuals. This analysis is then
augmented to account for the contribution of the final XP and shows
how the predicate restriction can be derived from a more general
condition on depictive/circumstantial VP-adjuncts. The final
chapter contain some speculative discussion of the broader
implications of the proposal in the context of data such as "list"
existential and "presentational-there" sentences.
First published in 1997, this book addresses the question: What is
the interpretation of English there-existential construction? One
of the principal goals is to develop an interpretation for the
construction that will specifically address other properties of the
postcopular DP. After outlining the problem, the author goes on to
present a syntactic motivation for the claim that the postcopular
DP is the sole complement to the existential predicate, as well as
for the claim that the optional final phrase is a predictive
adjunct. In chapter 3 the interpretation for the basic existential
construction is developed and then compared to analyses that take
the postcopular DP to denote an ordinary individual or a
generalised quantifier of individuals. This analysis is then
augmented to account for the contribution of the final XP and shows
how the predicate restriction can be derived from a more general
condition on depictive/circumstantial VP-adjuncts. The final
chapter contain some speculative discussion of the broader
implications of the proposal in the context of data such as "list"
existential and "presentational-there" sentences.
This volume is the first to focus specifically on experimental
studies of the semantics of gradability, scale structure and
vagueness. It presents support for and challenges to current formal
analyses of these phenomena in view of experimentally collected
data, highlighting the ways semantic and pragmatic theory can
benefit from experimental methodologies. The papers in the volume
contribute to an explicit and detailed account of the use,
representation, and online processing of gradable and vague
expressions using various kinds of controlled speaker judgment
tasks, eye tracking, and ERP. The aim is to strengthen the
foundations of experimental semantics and promote interaction
between linguists, psycholinguists, psychologists, and philosophers
who are interested in the semantics of natural language. Using data
representing different languages and a variety of nominal and
adjectival constructions, including degree modification and
comparatives, the contributions address scale-based classifications
of gradable predicates, such as the absolute vs. relative
distinction; the nature of the standards for applicability of
gradable expressions and the ways in which standards are
determined; the nature of dimensions and multidimensionality in the
meaning of scalar expressions; and the role of embodiment,
subjectivity, and sociolinguistic considerations in the use and
understanding of gradable expressions.
This volume contains 21 new and original contributions to the study
of formal semantics, written by distinguished experts in response
to landmark papers in the field. The chapters make the target
articles more accessible by providing background, modernizing the
notation, providing critical commentary, explaining the afterlife
of the proposals, and offering a useful bibliography for further
study. The chapters were commissioned by the series editors to mark
the 100th volume in the book series Studies in Linguistics and
Philosophy. The target articles are amongst the most widely read
and cited papers up to the end of the 20th century, and cover most
of the important subfields of formal semantics. The authors are all
prominent researchers in the field, making this volume a valuable
addition to the literature for researchers, students, and teachers
of formal semantics. Chapter 19 is available open access under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
This volume is the first to focus specifically on experimental
studies of the semantics of gradability, scale structure and
vagueness. It presents support for and challenges to current formal
analyses of these phenomena in view of experimentally collected
data, highlighting the ways semantic and pragmatic theory can
benefit from experimental methodologies. The papers in the volume
contribute to an explicit and detailed account of the use,
representation, and online processing of gradable and vague
expressions using various kinds of controlled speaker judgment
tasks, eye tracking, and ERP. The aim is to strengthen the
foundations of experimental semantics and promote interaction
between linguists, psycholinguists, psychologists, and philosophers
who are interested in the semantics of natural language. Using data
representing different languages and a variety of nominal and
adjectival constructions, including degree modification and
comparatives, the contributions address scale-based classifications
of gradable predicates, such as the absolute vs. relative
distinction; the nature of the standards for applicability of
gradable expressions and the ways in which standards are
determined; the nature of dimensions and multidimensionality in the
meaning of scalar expressions; and the role of embodiment,
subjectivity, and sociolinguistic considerations in the use and
understanding of gradable expressions.
This volume presents new work by leading researchers on central
themes in the study of event structure: the nature and
representation of telicity, change, and the notion of state. The
book advances our understanding of these aspects of event structure
by combining foundational semantic research with a series of case
studies from a variety of languages. The book begins with an
overview of the theoretical issues central to the volume, along
with a brief presentation of the remaining chapters and the points
of contact between them. The chapters, developed within several
different theoretical perspectives, promote cross-theory as well as
cross-linguistic comparison. The work will interest scholars and
advanced students of morphology, syntax, semantics, and their
interfaces. It will also appeal to researchers in philosophy,
psycholinguistics, and language acquisition who are interested in
the notions of telicity, change, and stativity.
In this volume leading researchers present new work on the
semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their
interfaces with syntax. Its concerns include the semantics of
gradability; the relationship between adjectival scales and verbal
aspect; the relationship between meaning and the positions of
adjectives and adverbs in nominal and verbal projections; and the
fine-grained semantics of different subclasses of adverbs and
adverbs. Its goals are to provide a comprehensive vision of the
linguistically significant structural and interpretive properties
of adjectives and adverbs, to highlight the similarities between
these two categories, and to signal the importance of a careful and
detailed integration of lexical and compositional semantics.
The editors open the book with an overview of current research
before introducing and contextualizing the remaining chapters. The
work is aimed at scholars and advanced students of syntax,
semantics, formal pragmatics, and discourse. It will also appeal to
researchers in philosophy, psycholinguistics, and language
acquisition interested in the syntax and semantics of adjectives
and adverbs.
In this volume leading researchers present new work on the
semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their
interfaces with syntax. Its concerns include the semantics of
gradability; the relationship between adjectival scales and verbal
aspect; the relationship between meaning and the positions of
adjectives and adverbs in nominal and verbal projections; and the
fine-grained semantics of different subclasses of adverbs and
adverbs. Its goals are to provide a comprehensive vision of the
linguistically significant structural and interpretive properties
of adjectives and adverbs, to highlight the similarities between
these two categories, and to signal the importance of a careful and
detailed integration of lexical and compositional semantics.
The editors open the book with an overview of current research
before introducing and contextualizing the remaining chapters. The
work is aimed at scholars and advanced students of syntax,
semantics, formal pragmatics, and discourse. It will also appeal to
researchers in philosophy, psycholinguistics, and language
acquisition interested in the syntax and semantics of adjectives
and adverbs.
This volume presents new work by leading researchers on central
themes in the study of event structure: the nature and
representation of telicity, change, and the notion of state. The
book advances our understanding of these aspects of event structure
by combining foundational semantic research with a series of case
studies from a variety of languages. The book begins with an
overview of the theoretical issues central to the volume, along
with a brief presentation of the remaining chapters and the points
of contact between them. The chapters, developed within several
different theoretical perspectives, promote cross-theory as well as
cross-linguistic comparison. The work will interest scholars and
advanced students of morphology, syntax, semantics, and their
interfaces. It will also appeal to researchers in philosophy,
psycholinguistics, and language acquisition who are interested in
the notions of telicity, change, and stativity.
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