Discourse Adjectives

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-97608-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 384 g

First Published in 2006. This volume introduces and provides a semantic analysis of Discourse Adjectives, a natural class of adjectives that the author argues includes apparent, clear, evident, and obvious among its prototypical members. With a main claim that Discourse Adjectives do not provide information about the facts of the world. Rather, they are used by interlocutors to negotiate the status of propositions in a discourse.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taranto, Gina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Syntax and Semantics of Proposition-Taking Adjectives; Chapter Three The Framework; Chapter Four The Semantics of Clarity; Chapter Five Discourse Adjectives—Comparison and Analysis; Chapter Six Summary and Conclusions;

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Horn, Gina Taranto Yale University