Gradability in natural language: logical and grammatical foundations
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| Series: | Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics
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| Physical Description: | xv, 212 Seiten Diagramme 25 cm |
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General preface x
Acknowledgments xi
List of abbreviations xiv
1 Introduction 1
1.1. Organization of the book 6
z Vagueness and linguistic analysis 9
2.1. Introduction 9
2.2. Our Classical Semantic Theory n
2.2.1. Classical First order logic 11
2.2.2. Extensions in linguistics 15
2.3. The phenomenon of vagueness 16
2.3.1. Borderline cases 17
2.3.2. Fuzzy boundaries 19
2.3.3. The Sorites paradox 20
2.4. Tolerant, Classical, Strict 22
2.4.1. Definition 22
2.4.2. Account of the puzzling properties 27
2.5. Lasersohn’s (1999) Pragmatic Halos 29
2.5.1. Definition 29
2.5.2. Comparison with Tolerant, Classical, Strict 32
2.6. Conclusion 33
3 Context sensitivity and vagueness patterns 34
3.1. Introduction 34
3.2. Adjectival context sensitivity patterns 37
3.3. Universal vs existential context sensitivity 45
3.4. Potential vagueness and adjectival vagueness patterns 48
3.4.1. (A)symmetric vagueness 50
3.5. Conclusion 54
4 The Delineation Tolerant, Classical, Strict framework 55
4.1. Introduction 55
4.2. Language and classical semantics 56
CONTENTS
viii
4.2.1. Classical semantics for relative adjectives 57
4.2.2. Classical semantics for absolute/non-scalar
adjectives 67
4.2.3. The paradox of absolute scalar adjectives 69
4.3. Tolerant/strict semantics 72
4.3.1. The properties of indifference 74
4.4. Predictions of the DelTCS analysis 83
4.4.1. Context sensitivity results 83
4.4.2. Gradability results 87
4.4.3. Potential vagueness results 91
4.4.4. Other empirical consequences 92
4.5. Conclusion 99
4.6. Appendix: Longer proofs 100
5 Scale structure in Delineation semantics 105
5.1. Introduction 105
5.2. Scale structure patterns 106
5.2.1. Non-scalar adjectives 112
5.2.2. Summary of scale structure data 113
5.3. Scale structure in Delineation semantics 114
5.4. Conclusion 120
6 Beyond Delineation semantics 121
6.1. Introduction 121
6.2. Scale structure in Degree semantics 124
6.2.1. Kennedy’s (2007) Degree analysis 125
6.2.2. Comparison between Kennedy (2007) and DelTCS 128
6.3. Interpretive Economy and Bayesian pragmatics 132
6.3.1. Bayesian pragmatics 132
6.3.2. Adjectival interpretation 135
6.3.3. Summary 137
6.4. Degree Tolerant, Classical, Strict 139
6.4.1. Results 144
6.5. Conclusion 147
7 Beyond the adjectival domain 149
7.1. Introduction 149
7.2. Context sensitivity and vagueness patterns 149
7.2.1. Summary 155
7.3. Mereological Delineation Tolerant, Classical, Strict 156
7.3.1. Language 157
7.3.2. Classical semantics 158
CONTENTS IX
7.3.3. Tolerant/strict semantics 170
7.3.4. Summary 178
7.4. Definite plural DPs and maximality 178
7.4.1. Language and classical semantics 178
7.4.2. Tolerant/strict semantics 181
7.4.3. Gather predicates vs numerous predicates 187
7.4.4. Negation and homogeneity with definite
plurals 193
7.5. Conclusion 194
7.6. Appendix: Longer proofs 195
8 Conclusion 198
References 201
Index 211
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