Le même ou un autre  : l’expression de l’identité et de la différence en discours

Abstract

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Latin UNUS and the discourse properties of unity cardinals

“…My account of the meaning of one will extend the work on antipresuppositions by Grønn and Saebø (2012) on the use of indefinites, and build also on some extensions of their work done by Amsili and Beyssade (2016). I will first present their basic ideas, and then integrate one into the framework (which I will assume to be a valid representation also for other unity cardinals, like unus).…”

“…I will argue that unity cardinals trigger antipresuppositions (also known as implicated presuppositions, see Percus 2006, Sauerland 2008, extending in particular the ideas of Grønn and Saebø (2012) and Amsili and Beyssade (2016). I will argue that generally, projective content is a promising way of making sense of the discursive behaviour of these forms.…”

“…I will use the following representations of indefinite and definite articles based on Grønn and Saebø (2012) and Amsili and Beyssade (2016) 16 , using a flat DRT notation based on Sauerland (2008), where the numerator indicates the presupposition, and the denominator the assertive content:…”

“…17 Amsili and Beyssade (2016) propose a compositional account of another (as a(n) + other) and the other, but I will not concern myself with this. again, another is strictly more informative than a, and so in cases where a is in competition with another, the use of a should license the inference that the newly introduced entity is identical to the one already existing in the common ground.…”

“…So, should this kind of reasoning be correctwhich is a conservative extension of the work of Grønn and Saebø (2012) and Amsili and Beyssade (2016) -, the reason one is used in a number of contexts instead of the indefinite article is mainly because it can be accented, while still being sufficiently close in meaning to the article. no competitor; and if the competition were between the indefinite article and another, a should by antipresupposition have a non-novelty effect.…”