Review of The Logic of Conventional Implicatures by Chris Potts
We review Potts' influential book on the semantics of conventional implicature (CI), offering
an explication of his technical apparatus and drawing out the proposal's implications …
an explication of his technical apparatus and drawing out the proposal's implications …
[图书][B] The logic of conventional implicatures
C Potts - 2004 - books.google.com
This book revives the study of conventional implicatures in natural language semantics. H.
Paul Grice first defined the concept. Since then his definition has seen much use and many …
Paul Grice first defined the concept. Since then his definition has seen much use and many …
Varieties of conventional implicature
E McCready - Semantics and Pragmatics, 2010 - semprag.org
This paper provides a system capable of analyzing the combinatorics of a wide range of
conventionally implicated and expressive constructions in natural language via an extension …
conventionally implicated and expressive constructions in natural language via an extension …
[图书][B] Reliability in pragmatics
ES McCready - 2015 - books.google.com
This book is an exploration of how knowledge about the reliability of information sources
manifests itself in linguistic phenomena and use. It focuses on cooperation in language use …
manifests itself in linguistic phenomena and use. It focuses on cooperation in language use …
I love me some datives: Expressive meaning, free datives, and F-implicature
LR Horn - Beyond expressives: Explorations in use-conditional …, 2013 - brill.com
Inadditiontointroducingtheverysuccessfulpr… implicatures, Paul Grice and his successors
have assembled an arguably inchoate class of phenomena under the trade name of …
have assembled an arguably inchoate class of phenomena under the trade name of …
Biscuit conditionals: Quantification over potential literal acts
MEA Siegel - Linguistics and Philosophy, 2006 - Springer
In biscuit conditionals (BCs) such as If you're hungry, there's pizza in the fridge, the if clause
appears to apply to the illocutionary act performed in uttering the main clause, rather than to …
appears to apply to the illocutionary act performed in uttering the main clause, rather than to …
[PDF][PDF] Semantic operators in different dimensions
T Scheffler - PhD diss, University of Pennsylvania, 2008 - tscheffler.github.io
There is a type of conditional construction whose compositional semantics has puzzled
semanticists for decades. A typical example is (176), from (Siegel, 2006).(176) If you're …
semanticists for decades. A typical example is (176), from (Siegel, 2006).(176) If you're …
The narrowing acquisition path: From expressive small clauses to declaratives
C Potts, T Roeper - The syntax of nonsententials: Multidisciplinary …, 2008 - degruyter.com
We analyze expressive small clauses like you fool (and their counterparts in other
languages) as contributors of expressive content. Independently known restrictions on …
languages) as contributors of expressive content. Independently known restrictions on …
Emotive equilibria
E McCready - Linguistics and Philosophy, 2012 - Springer
Natural language contains many expressions with underspecified emotive content. This
paper proposes a way to resolve such underspecification. Nonmonotonic inference over a …
paper proposes a way to resolve such underspecification. Nonmonotonic inference over a …
[图书][B] The dynamics of* particles
ES McCready Jr - 2005 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines several issues at the semantics-pragmatics interface in
Japanese and English: modal subordination, particles and adverbials. Chapter 2 presents …
Japanese and English: modal subordination, particles and adverbials. Chapter 2 presents …