Multidimensional semantics of evaluative adverbs / Mingya Liu.
Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs 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 conventio...
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Evaluative Adverbs, Conventional Presuppositions and Conventional Implicatures
- A Logic for Conventional Presuppositions and Conventional Implicatures
- The Positive Polarity of EADVs
- The Subjective Meaning of EADVs
- Conclusion, Problems and Outlook
- References
- Appendix.