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Format: 1 online resource (446 pages) : , illustrations.

ISBN: 9789004248588 (e-book)

Series Statement: Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; volume 27

Additional Edition: Print version: Sassoon, Galit W. Vagueness, gradability and typicality. Lieden : Brill, 2013 ISBN 9781781902639

Language: English

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Format: X, 432 S. , Ill. , 25 cm

ISBN: 9781781902639

Series Statement: Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface 27

Note: Literaturverz. S. [413] - 426

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004248588

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Semantik ; Vagheit ; Gradation ; Adjektiv ; Substantiv

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Format: X, 432 S. : , Ill., graph. Darst.

ISBN: 978-17-81-90263-9 , 978-90-04-24858-8

Series Statement: Current research in the semantics, pragmatics interface 27

Note: Teilw. zugl.: Tel Aviv, Univ., Diss., 2007

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Semantik ; Vagheit ; Gradation ; Adjektiv ; Substantiv ; Hochschulschrift

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Format: 1 online resource (446 p.)

ISBN: 90-04-24858-7 , 1-78190-264-X

Series Statement: Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; volume 27

Content: This book presents a study of the connections between vagueness and gradability, and their different manifestations in adjectives (morphological gradability effects) and nouns (typicality effects). It addresses two opposing theoretical approaches from within formal semantics and cognitive psychology. These approaches rest on different, apparently contradictory pieces of data. For example, for psychologists nouns are linked with vague and gradable concepts, while for linguists they rarely are. This difference in approach has created an unfortunate gap between the semantic and psychological studies of the concepts denoted by nouns, as well as adjectives. The volume describes a wide range of relevant facts and theories. Psychological notions such as prototypes and dimensions are addressed with formal rigor and explicitness. Existing formal semantic accounts are examined against empirically established cognitive data. The result is a comprehensive unified approach. The book will be of interest to students and researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of natural languages and their cognitive basis, the psychology of concepts, and the philosophy of language.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Preliminary Material / , 1 Introduction / , 2 The Linguistic and Psychological Perspectives / , 3 An Overview of Linguistic Theories / , 4 An Overview of Psychological Theories / , 5 Information Structure with Degrees and Dimensions / , 6 Partial Information about Gradability and Typicality / , 7 A Degree-Function Based Typology of Predicates / , 8 The Learning Principle and Complex Concepts / , 9 The Meaning and Distribution of Gradability Morphemes / , 10 General Conclusions / , Appendix / , References / , Index / , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-78190-263-1

Language: English