The Interpretation of Superlative Modifiers and Deontic Modals : An Experimental Investigation

McNabb, Yaron; Penka, Doris

The Interpretation of Superlative Modifiers and Deontic Modals : An Experimental Investigation

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Datum

2014

Open Access-Veröffentlichung

Open Access Green

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Linguistik
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Publikationstyp

Beitrag zu einem Konferenzband

Publikationsstatus

Published

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ETXEBERRIA, Urtzi, ed. and others. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 18. 2014, pp. 271-288

Zusammenfassung

There has been much debate recently about the meaning of superlative modifiers like at least and at most. The main challenge analyses of superlative modifiers face is accounting for the ignorance implication they give rise to, whereby the speaker holds higher (in at least) or lower (in at most) numbers as possible. In this study, we present results from two experiments that test the interpretation of superlative modifiers when occurring in sentences with deontic modals. We show that the results of the experiments are only partially predicted by the various competing and incompatible analyses in the literature, and thus argue that an alternative, uniform analysis is required.

Fachgebiet (DDC)

400 Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik

Schlagwörter

superlative modifiers, ignorance inferences, experimental semantics, experimental pragmatics

Konferenz

Sinn und Bedeutung 18, 11. Sep. 2013 - 13. Sep. 2013, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country

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MCNABB, Yaron, Doris PENKA, 2014. The Interpretation of Superlative Modifiers and Deontic Modals : An Experimental Investigation. Sinn und Bedeutung 18. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, 11. Sep. 2013 - 13. Sep. 2013. In: ETXEBERRIA, Urtzi, ed. and others. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 18. 2014, pp. 271-288

BibTex

@inproceedings{McNabb2014Inter-32075,
  year={2014},
  title={The Interpretation of Superlative Modifiers and Deontic Modals : An Experimental Investigation},
  url={http://semanticsarchive.net/sub2013/SeparateArticles/McNabb&Penka.pdf},
  booktitle={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 18},
  pages={271--288},
  editor={Etxeberria, Urtzi},
  author={McNabb, Yaron and Penka, Doris}
}

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URL der Originalveröffentl.

http://semanticsarchive.net/sub2013/SeparateArticles/McNabb&Penka.pdf

Prüfdatum der URL

2015-11-05

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