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Date: 08-Mar-2012 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: The Evaluability Hypothesis: Brandtler E-mail this message to a friend
Title: The Evaluability Hypothesis
Subtitle: The syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of polarity item licensing
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 183
Published: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Author: Johan Brandtler
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027274908 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027274908 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255662 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255662 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255662 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 104.94
Abstract:
Although the field of polarity is well researched, this monograph offers a new take on polarity sensitivity that both challenges and incorporates previous theories. Based primarily on Swedish data, it presents new solutions to long- standing problems, such as the non-complementary distribution of NPIs and PPIs in yes/no-questions and conditionals, long distance licensing by superordinate elements, and the occurrence of polarity items in "wh"- questions. It is argued that polarity sensitivity can be understood in terms of "evaluability". Lacking any immediate predecessor in the literature, evaluability refers to the possibility of accepting or rejecting an utterance as true in a communicative exchange. Intriguingly, the evaluable status of a clause is shown to have syntactic correlates in Swedish, mirrored in the configuration of the C-domain. This book is of interest to scholars studying the interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics, particularly those working on negation and polarity.
Linguistic Field(s):
Generative Linguistics
Pragmatics
Semantics
Syntax
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