Felicitous underspecification: contextually sensitive expressions lacking unique semantic values in context
"Felicitous uses of contextually sensitive expressions generally have unique semantic values in context. For example, a felicitous use of the singular pronoun 'she' generally has a single female as its unique semantic value in context. In the present work, I argue that contextually se...
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2021
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Felicitous uses of contextually sensitive expressions generally have unique semantic values in context. For example, a felicitous use of the singular pronoun 'she' generally has a single female as its unique semantic value in context. In the present work, I argue that contextually sensitive expressions have felicitous uses where they lack unique semantic values in context. I call such uses instances of felicitous underspecification. In such cases, I say that the underspecified expression is associated with a range of candidate semantic values in context. I provide a rule for updating the Stalnakerian common ground when sentences containing felicitous underspecified expressions are uttered and accepted in a conversation. I also give an account of the mechanism that associates the range of candidate semantic values in context with an underspecified expression. Sentences containing felicitous underspecified expressions can be embedded in various constructions. I consider the result of embedding such sentences under negation and verbs of propositional attitude. I also consider the question of why some uses of underspecified expressions are felicitous and others aren't. This investigations yields the notion of a context being appropriate for a sentence (LF), where a context is appropriate for a sentence containing an underspecified expression if the sentence is felicitous. Finally, I consider some difficulties that arise in virtue of the fact that pronouns and demonstratives have some sorts of implications of uniqueness that clash with their being underspecified"-- |
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| spelling | King, Jeffrey C. Verfasser (DE-588)1197767932 aut Felicitous underspecification contextually sensitive expressions lacking unique semantic values in context Jeffrey C. King First edition Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Oxford University Press 2021 161 Seiten 21 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Felicitous uses of contextually sensitive expressions generally have unique semantic values in context. For example, a felicitous use of the singular pronoun 'she' generally has a single female as its unique semantic value in context. In the present work, I argue that contextually sensitive expressions have felicitous uses where they lack unique semantic values in context. I call such uses instances of felicitous underspecification. In such cases, I say that the underspecified expression is associated with a range of candidate semantic values in context. I provide a rule for updating the Stalnakerian common ground when sentences containing felicitous underspecified expressions are uttered and accepted in a conversation. I also give an account of the mechanism that associates the range of candidate semantic values in context with an underspecified expression. Sentences containing felicitous underspecified expressions can be embedded in various constructions. I consider the result of embedding such sentences under negation and verbs of propositional attitude. I also consider the question of why some uses of underspecified expressions are felicitous and others aren't. This investigations yields the notion of a context being appropriate for a sentence (LF), where a context is appropriate for a sentence containing an underspecified expression if the sentence is felicitous. Finally, I consider some difficulties that arise in virtue of the fact that pronouns and demonstratives have some sorts of implications of uniqueness that clash with their being underspecified"-- Sprachlicher Code (DE-588)4182525-1 gnd rswk-swf Unterspezifikation (DE-588)7628193-0 gnd rswk-swf Semantik (DE-588)4054490-4 gnd rswk-swf Kontext (DE-588)4165149-2 gnd rswk-swf Context (Linguistics) Semantics Sprachlicher Code (DE-588)4182525-1 s Kontext (DE-588)4165149-2 s Semantik (DE-588)4054490-4 s Unterspezifikation (DE-588)7628193-0 s DE-604 |
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| title_auth | Felicitous underspecification contextually sensitive expressions lacking unique semantic values in context |
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