Focus, Evaluativity, and Antonymy: A Study in the Semantics of Only and its Inte

Description: Focus, Evaluativity, and Antonymy by Sam Alxatib Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This book uncovers properties of focus association with only by examining the interaction between the particle and bare (or "evaluative") gradable terms. The book thus provides new data and a new theoretical view of the semantic properties of only, and connects it to the semantics of gradable expressions. Publisher Description This book uncovers properties of focus association with only by examining the interaction between the particle and bare (or "evaluative") gradable terms. Its empirical building blocks are paradigms involving upward-scalar terms like few and rarely, and their downward-scalar antonyms many and frequently, an area that has not been studied previously in the literature. The empirical claim is that associations of the former type give rise to unexpected readings, and the proposed theoretical explanation draws on the properties of the latter type of association. In presenting the details, the book deconstructs the so-called scalar presupposition of only and derives it from constraints against its vacuous use. This view is then combined with a semantics of the evaluative adjectives many and few to explain why the unavailable (but expected) meanings of the given constructions are unavailable. The attested (but unexpected) readings of only+few/rarely associations are derived from independently motivated LFs in which the degree expressions are existentially closed. Finally, the book provides new findings, based on the core proposal, about only if constructions, and about the interaction between only and other upward-scalar modified numerals (comparatives, and at most). The book thus provides new data and a new theoretical view of the semantic properties of only, and connects it to the semantics of gradable expressions. Author Biography Sam Alxatib is assistant professor in the linguistics department at the CUNY Graduate Center. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, an M.A. in Linguistics from Simon Fraser University, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is interested in formal semantics, formal pragmatics, and the syntax-semantics interface, and has worked on issues of focus semantics, scalar implicature and exhaustification, gradability and vagueness, the semantics of tense, aspect, and modality, and (anti-)presupposition. Details ISBN 303037808X ISBN-13 9783030378080 Title Focus, Evaluativity, and Antonymy Author Sam Alxatib Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 186 Edition 1st Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG GE_Item_ID:140617531; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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