Scheffler Two-dimensional Semantics
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-030233-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Clausal Adjuncts and Complements
E-Book, Englisch, Band 549, 196 Seiten
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ISBN: 978-3-11-030233-2
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1;1 Introduction;9
2;2 Two-Dimensional Semantics;14
2.1;2.1 Conventional Implicature;16
2.2;2.2 Conventional Implicatures vs. Presuppositions;23
2.2.1;2.2.1 A Discourse Logic;26
3;3 Sentence Adverbs;28
3.1;3.1 Types of Sentence Adverbs;29
3.2;3.2 Semantic Unembeddability;31
3.2.1;3.2.1 Antecedent of Conditionals;32
3.2.2;3.2.2 Questions;32
3.2.3;3.2.3 Negation;33
3.2.4;3.2.4 Denial;34
3.2.5;3.2.5 Attitude Verbs;35
3.2.6;3.2.6 Semantic (Un)embeddability of Sentence Adverbs;36
3.3;3.3 Properties of German Sentence Adverbs;37
3.3.1;3.3.1 The probably Type;38
3.3.2;3.3.2 The unfortunately Type;39
3.3.3;3.3.3 The frankly Type;40
3.3.4;3.3.4 Frankly Speaking;42
3.3.5;3.3.5 Properties of Three Types of Sentence Adverbs;44
3.4;3.4 Sentence Adverbs on Two Semantic Dimensions;45
3.5;3.5 Syntax/Semantics Mismatch;50
3.5.1;3.5.1 An Anaphoric Approach to Utterance Modification;54
3.6;3.6 Summary;56
4;4 Denn and Weil – Causal Connectives in Two Dimensions;58
4.1;4.1 Data;59
4.1.1;4.1.1 Two German Words for ‘Because’;59
4.1.2;4.1.2 Epistemic and Speech Act Uses;60
4.1.3;4.1.3 Three Exceptions to the Use of Denn;62
4.2;4.2 Previous Work;64
4.2.1;4.2.1 The Performative Analysis;64
4.2.2;4.2.2 Denn and Antibackgrounding;68
4.3;4.3 Semantics of denn;70
4.3.1;4.3.1 Denn as a Conventional Implicature Item;71
4.3.2;4.3.2 Unembeddability of denn;72
4.3.3;4.3.3 Formalizing denn’s Semantics;80
4.4;4.4 Syntax of denn;84
4.5;4.5 The Distribution of denn vs. weil Explained;87
4.5.1;4.5.1 Denn in Epistemic and Speech Act Causal Sentences;87
4.5.2;4.5.2 Three Exceptions to the Use of denn;95
4.6;4.6 Further Issues;97
4.6.1;4.6.1 Epistemic and Speech Act Uses of weil;97
4.6.2;4.6.2 English because;98
4.6.3;4.6.3 Embedding under Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses;99
4.7;4.7 Summary;101
5;5 Relevance Conditionals – If on Another Dimension;102
5.1;5.1 Crucial Properties of Relevance Conditionals;103
5.1.1;5.1.1 Semantic Unembeddability;104
5.1.2;5.1.2 Illocutionary Status of the Consequent;107
5.1.3;5.1.3 Syntactic Unintegration;109
5.2;5.2 The Analysis: ‘If’ on Two Dimensions;111
5.2.1;5.2.1 Proposal;111
5.2.2;5.2.2 Net Effect of the If-Clause in RCs;113
5.2.3;5.2.3 Discussion;118
5.3;5.3 Previous Accounts;121
5.3.1;5.3.1 Conditional Assertion Accounts;121
5.3.2;5.3.2 Existential Quantification over Potential Literal Acts;122
5.3.3;5.3.3 Relevance Conditionals as Topics;124
5.4;5.4 Summary;129
6;6 A Paradigm of Adjuncts on Two Dimensions;131
6.1;6.1 Taking Stock;132
6.1.1;6.1.1 Syntactic Unintegration;133
6.1.2;6.1.2 Argument Types of CI Modifiers;136
6.2;6.2 Although;139
6.3;6.3 Modifiers on Different Dimensions;142
7;7 Complement Clauses;144
7.1;7.1 Attitude Verbs and Their Complements;145
7.1.1;7.1.1 V2 Embedding;146
7.1.2;7.1.2 Slifting;148
7.1.3;7.1.3 Properties of Slifting vs. V2 embedding;150
7.2;7.2 Verbs that Allow Slifting and V2 Complements;154
7.2.1;7.2.1 Which verbs allow V2 complements?;154
7.2.2;7.2.2 Which Verbs do Not Allow V2 Complements?;156
7.2.3;7.2.3 Slifting Verbs;160
7.2.4;7.2.4 Generalization: Epistemicity;162
7.3;7.3 Slifting as Evidentials;169
7.3.1;7.3.1 Analysis;169
7.3.2;7.3.2 Slifting and Verb Classes;171
7.3.3;7.3.3 Slifting and Semantic Embedding;174
7.3.4;7.3.4 Summary: Slifting;175
7.4;7.4 V2 Complement Clauses;176
7.4.1;7.4.1 Analysis;176
7.4.2;7.4.2 V2 Complement Clauses and Verb Classes;177
7.4.3;7.4.3 V2 Complement Clauses and Semantic Embedding;178
7.4.4;7.4.4 Summary: V2 Complement Clauses;179
7.5;7.5 Summary: V2 Complements & Slifting;180
8;8 Conclusion;182
9;Bibliography;185
10;Term Index;191
11;Author Index;195
