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1 Online-Ressource (419 pages)
ISBN:
9783319101064
Series Statement:
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory v.91
Content:
Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Information Structure and Contrastiveness -- II. Polarity, Alternatives, Exhaustivity and Implicatures -- III. Quantificational Expressions -- IV. Questions and Speech Acts -- ReferencesAlonzo-Ovalle, Luis and Paula Menendez-Benito 2015. eds. Epistemic indefinites: Exploring modality beyond the verbal domain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Féry, Caroline and Shinichiro Ishihara. 2016. eds. The Oxford handbook of information structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Fox, Danny. 2007. Free Choice and the theory of Scalar Implicatures. In Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics, ed. Uli Sauerland and Penka Stateva, 71-120. Palgrave-Macmillan.Giannakid -- Information Structure and Contrastiveness -- 1 Contrastive Topic, Contrastive Focus, Alternatives, and Scalar Implicatures -- Abstract -- 1 Contrastive Topic -- 2 Contrastive Focus -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 Partition Semantics and Pragmatics of Contrastive Topic -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Existent Approaches to Contrastive Topic -- 2.1 CT as an Information-Structural Discourse-Regulating Device (Roberts 1996 -- Büring 1999 -- Kadmon 2001) -- 2.2 CT as a Focus-Sensitive Operator -- 2.2.1 Lee (1999, 2006) and Hara (2006) -- 2.2.2 Oshima (2002) -- 3 Alternative Approach: Partition Semantics and Pragmatics of Contrastive Topic -- 3.1 Partition Semantics and Pragmatics of Question and Answer: Groenendijk (1999), Groenendijk and Stokhof (1984) -- 3.2 Partition Semantics and Pragmatics of Contrastive Topic -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Deriving the Properties of Structural Focus -- Abstract -- 1 Goal -- 2 Some Current Theories of Structural Focus -- 2.1 Structural Focus as a Phonological Phenomenon -- 2.2 Structural Focus as a Constituent with an Exhaustive Identification Operator
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3 The Proposal: Focus as a Specificational Predicate -- 4 The Facts Explained -- 5 A Further Consequence of the Proposal -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Topic, Focus, and Exhaustive Interpretation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bare Focus, Circumscription, and Exhaustivity -- 3 Exhaustive Interpretation and Discourse Referents -- 4 Exhaustive Interpretation of Topics -- 5 Strategic Economic Encoding -- 6 Topical Implicatures -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Interpretation of a "Contrast-Marking" Particle -- Abstract -- 1 Aims -- 2 The Discourse Particle CSAK -- 2.1 Some Data -- 2.2 CSAK as a Context Marker -- 3 The Meaning of the Exclusive Particle Csak -- 4 From Exclusive Particle Use to Discourse Particle Use: Historical Development Through Semantic Reanalysis -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Scalar Implicatures, Presuppositions, and Discourse Particles: Colloquial Russian -to, že, and ved' in Combination -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background on the Colloquial Russian Particles -to, že, and ved' -- 2.1 The Particle -to -- 2.2 The Particle že -- 2.3 The Particle ved' -- 2.4 Summary on the Particles -to, že, and ved' -- 3 Particles in Combination -- 3.1 A Combination of že + ved' -- 3.2 A Combination of -to + ved' -- 3.3 A Combination of -to + že -- 3.4 A Combination of -to + že + ved' -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Polarity, Alternatives, Exhaustivity and Implicatures -- 7 Indeterminate Pronouns: The View from Japanese -- Abstract -- 1 Cross-Linguistic Variation -- 2 A Hamblin Semantics for Indeterminate Pronouns in Japanese -- 3 The Semantic Interpretation System -- 4 A Japanese-Style Analysis of German irgendein -- 5 What is the Relation with Modality? -- 6 The Distribution Requirement is a Conversational Implicature -- 7 Deriving the Special Relation with Modality. A Hamblin Semantics
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8 The Pragmatic Derivation of Free Choice Implicatures -- 9 Long-Distance Relations and Selectivity -- 10 Outlook -- References -- 8 Free Choice Without Domain Widening -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Is Domain Widening Essential? -- 2.1 Domain Widening in Kadmon and Landman (1993) -- 2.2 Domain Widening Is not Necessary: Evidence from Korean -- 3 Two Sources for Free Choice in Korean -- 3.1 The Two Sources: -na 'or' and -lato 'even' -- 3.2 The -na Source -- 3.3 The -lato Source -- 4 Similarities and Differences Between the Two Types of FCIs -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 Expletive Negation and Polarity Alternatives -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Distribution of ExN -- 3 Characterization of ExN-Licensing Predicates -- 3.1 Nonveridical Analysis of ExN-Licensing Predicates and Problems -- 3.2 The Analysis of ExN-Licensing Predicates -- 4 The Function of ExN: A Unified Analysis in Korean, Japanese, and French -- 4.1 ExN and Positively Biased Questions -- 4.2 The Pragmatic Conditions of ExN -- 4.3 Degree of Belief -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10 On the Distribution and the Semantics of the Korean Focus Particle -lato -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Focus Particles and Two Theories of even -- 3 -lato as evennpi-Why and Why Not -- 4 The Simple Scope Theory Does not Work: An (2007) -- 5 Second Trial: -lato Versus auch nur and anche solo -- 5.1 Guerzoni's (2003, 2006) Analysis on auch nur and anche solo -- 5.2 -lato as Also + Only: Preliminary Evidence -- 5.2.1 Morphological Complexity of -lato -- 5.2.2 Concessive Conditionals with Two Variants -- 5.3 Why -lato Is not auch nur or anche solo-Difference in Distribution -- 6 Solving the Puzzle -- 6.1 Simple Affirmative Sentences -- 6.2 Modals -- 6.3 Quantifiers -- 6.4 Local Negation -- 7 -lato and Free-Choice Effect -- 8 Conclusion -- References
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11 Negative Entailment, Positive Implicature and Polarity Items -- Abstract -- 1 NPI-PPI (A)Symmetry -- 2 No N, Positive Implicature and PPIs -- 3 Only, Negative Entailment and NPIs -- 3.1 Pseudo-antiadditivity, Strawson-dE, Downward Assertion -- 3.2 The Current Proposal -- 3.2.1 Only the Doppelgänger -- 3.2.2 Polarity Items and Truth Conditions -- 3.3 A Comparison with Horn (2002) -- 4 Only, No and All -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Disjunction and Implicatures: Some Notes on Recent Developments -- 1 Scalars Under Disjunction -- 2 Free Choice Effects -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Scalar Implicatures with Alternative Semantics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Standard Analysis -- 3 Challenges -- 3.1 Comparative Problem -- 3.2 Disjunction Problem -- 4 Intuitive Proposal -- 5 Background -- 5.1 Hamblin Functional Application -- 5.2 Sentential Quantifier -- 5.3 Plural Individuals -- 5.4 Context -- 6 Proposal -- 6.1 Numerals -- 6.2 Some -- 6.3 Comparatives -- 6.4 Disjunction Problem -- 7 Further Issues -- 7.1 Order of Operators -- 7.2 The Symmetry Problem -- 7.3 Negation -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- Quantificational Expressions -- 14 Almost et al.: Scalar Adverbs Revisited -- Abstract -- 1 The Proximal and the Polar -- 2 Proximatives: What Has (Almost) Been Learned -- 3 Problems with (a)Symmetry -- 4 Inverted Readings and the Permeable Polar Membrane -- 5 The Implicature Line Revisited -- 5.1 The Non-redundancy Argument -- 5.2 The Subset Diagnostic: A Griceogloss for Entailment Versus Implicature -- 6 Scales Versus Rank Orders: The Coercion Effect -- 7 On Being Almost Dead Versus Almost Ready for Dinner -- 8 A not so Distant Cousin: The Pragmatic Asymmetry of Only -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 Interpretations of Numerals and Structured Contexts -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous Analyses
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3 Pragmatics in Using Numerals -- 3.1 Evidence Against Semantic Scalarity -- 3.2 'At Least/Most' not Part of Semantics -- 4 Informativeness from the Basic Scalarity -- 5 'At Least/Most' Interpretations and Domains of Quantification -- 6 Statements with no Quantification Apparently Involved -- 7 So-Called 'Exactly' Interpretations -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- 16 Focus Particle Mo and Many/Few Implicatures on Numerals in Japanese -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope and Monotonicity -- 3 The Semantic Content of n-CL-mo -- 3.1 Unexpectedness, Moderation, and the Co-occurrence Restriction -- 3.2 'Many' and Probability -- 3.3 Alternatives in Quantity -- 3.4 'Many/Few,' 'Even,' and 'Also' -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 Scales and Non-scales in (Hebrew) Child Language -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scales Versus Non-scales -- 3 Generalized Versus Particularized Implicatures -- 4 Relational Complexity of (Some) Implicature Phenomena -- 4.1 Relational Complexity of the Scalar Implicature of Disjunction -- 4.2 The Relational Complexity of the No-Contrast Implicature of and -- 4.3 The Relational Complexity of the Allover Implicature -- 5 Experimental Predictions -- 6 The Experiments -- 6.1 Experiment 1-Investigating the Scalar Implicature Associated with Disjunction -- 6.1.1 Procedures -- 6.1.2 Results and Discussion -- 6.2 Experiment 2-Investigating the Non-scalar Implicature Associated with Non-contrastive Conjunction -- 6.2.1 Procedures -- 6.2.2 Results and Discussion -- 6.3 Investigating the 'Allover' Implicature Associated with Some Adjectives -- 6.3.1 Procedures -- 6.3.2 Results and Discussion -- 7 General Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Questions and Speech Acts -- 18 Negated Polarity Questions as Denegations of Assertions -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction: Negated Polarity Questions
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2 Previous Accounts
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Print version Lee, Chungmin Contrastiveness in Information Structure, Alternatives and Scalar Implicatures Cham : Springer International Publishing,c2017 ISBN 9783319101057
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