Negative polarity and the comparative

Hoeksema, Jacob

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“…Cresswell 1976;Hellan 1981;Hoeksema 1983;Kennedy 1997), is that unlike the vague predicate approach, which assumes that the domain of a gradable adjective has an inherent ordering, most scalar analyses construct an abstract representation of measurement, a SCALE, and define the interpretation of a gradable adjective in terms of this representation. The scale consists of a set of points or intervals ordered by the relation ≤, whereby each point represents a measure or degree of A-ness.…”

Section: Mamaš As a Degree Modifiermentioning

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Cross-categorial modification of properties in Hebrew and English

McNabb¹

2012

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Work in the past decade has greatly improved our understanding of the meaning of gradable predicates and degree modification. The discussion of these expressions has charted the way to an examination of additional types of modifiers that do not operate on degrees but rather on context candidates. In this study, I analyze the Hebrew modifier mamaš and its English equivalent really as modifiers of properties of individuals, situations, or propositions. The flexible semantics accounts for these modifiers' wide distribution and types of semantic contribution.

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Section: Mamaš As a Degree Modifiermentioning

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Cross-categorial modification of properties in Hebrew and English

McNabb¹

2012

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“…Negative polarity items also occur in contexts which are negative in a more abstract sense, such as sentences in the scope of comparative and superlative contexts (Hoeksema 1983(Hoeksema , 1986, and sentences in the scope of negative predicates like deny (Hoeksema & Klein 1995). The formal definition of 'negative' is a subject of ongoing debate among semanticists (cf.…”

Section: Negative Polaritymentioning

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Negative polarity in morphology

Hoekstra

2011

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“…I want to consider alternatives to both of these ideas. Section 3 is devoted to the idea that gradable predicates denote relations between possible individuals, an idea discussed in Cresswell 1976 and elsewhere (Hoeksema 1983;Klein 1991;Rullmann 1995: §2.10), most recently in Bale 2011. I summarize Bale's proposals and then offer a modification of his approach that addresses a challenge raised in Schwarz 2010.…”

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Degrees and segments

Schwarzschild

2013

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I make two related proposals, one about directed scale segments and the other about the nature of degrees. Bale (2007Bale ( , 2011 argued that degrees should be analyzed as sets of individuals and that degree arguments are created in the syntax from relational predicates. Schwarz (2010) showed that Bale's construction runs into problems when the relational predicate is complex, consisting of an LF constituent that contains more than just a gradable adjective. I modify Bale's proposal so that it overcomes Schwarz's objection. But first I propose a semantics for comparatives based on quantification over directed scale segments, triples consisting of two degrees and a measure function. The modification of Bale's proposal depends upon this. Segments are of independent interest as they permit a conjunctive semantics for extended adjectival phrases, the way events do for verb phrases. Potential benefits of 'degree-conjunctivism' are explored.

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Negative polarity and the comparative

Cited by 156 publications

References 5 publications

Cross-categorial modification of properties in Hebrew and English

Cross-categorial modification of properties in Hebrew and English

Negative polarity in morphology

Degrees and segments

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