Vyshnevska / Cavirani Generative Perspectives on Degrees

The Semantics and Morphosyntax of Scalarity
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-154822-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 154, 400 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

The volume collects papers by leading semanticists, syntacticians, and morphologists working on the notion of degree. It aims at deepening our understanding of (i) the internal and external syntax of the standard clause;

(ii) the internal morphological structure of the comparative marker (e.g. in English); (iii) different semantic implementations of the notion of degree, (iv) the syntactic status and semantic contribution of standard markers, and (v) the distinction between phrasal and clausal comparatives and their interaction with the process of comparative deletion. The authors are raising a number of fundamental questions related to the nature of degrees and the way they are encoded in syntax and semantics. Among them are: We believe that the answers to these questions provided by the selected authors will be a crucial component for a deeper understanding of degree and its formal modeling within the generative framework. As such, this volume represents a fundamental tool for intermediate and advanced researchers working on comparative and equative constructions, comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, standard markers, diminutives, and deadjectival verbs.

Zielgruppe

Researchers in Generative Semantics, Syntax, and Morphology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vyshnevska, Anastasiia

Cavirani, Edoardo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Anastasiia Vyshnevska and Edoardo Cavirani, KU Leuven, Belgium.