Description: Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers by Osamu Sawada Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This volume examines the meaning of scalar modifiers - expressions such as more than, a bit, and much - from the standpoint of the semantics-pragmatics interface. It draws on data from Japanese and a range of other languages to explore the information expressed by these modifiers at both the semantic and the pragmatic level. Publisher Description This volume examines the meaning of scalar modifiers - expressions such as more than, a bit, and much - from the standpoint of the interface between semantics and pragmatics. In natural language, scalar expressions such as comparatives, intensifiers, and minimizers are used for measuring an object or event at a semantic level. However, cross-linguistically scalar modifiers can often be used to express a range of subjective feelings ordiscourse pragmatic information at the level of conventional implicature (CI). For example, in English more than anything can signal the degree of importance of the given utterance, and in Japanese the minimizer chotto a bit canweaken the degree of imposition of the speech act. In this book, Osamu Sawada draws on data from Japanese and a range of other languages to explore the dual-use phenomenon of scalar modifiers: he claims that although semantic scalar meanings and CI scalar meanings are logically different, the relationship between the two makes it crucial to examine them both together.The volume provides a new perspective on the semantic-pragmatics interface, and will be of interest toresearchers and students of Japanese linguistics, semantics and pragmatics, and theoretical linguistics more generally. Author Biography Osamu Sawada received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2010, and is currently Associate Professor of Linguistics at Mie University. His main research areas are semantics, pragmatics, and syntax, and he is particularly interested in scalar meanings, implicatures, presuppositions, the interaction between grammar and context, and language change. His work has appeared in journals including Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of East AsianLinguistics, Natural Language Semantics, and Linguistics & Philosophy. Details ISBN 019871422X ISBN-13 9780198714224 Title Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers Author Osamu Sawada Format Hardcover Year 2017 Pages 270 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:157538383; 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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ISBN-13: 9780198714224
Book Title: Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers : the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Linguistics / Semantics, Japanese, Linguistics / General, Linguistics / Pragmatics
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 19.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.5 in
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Osamu Sawada
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics Ser.
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
