
Two-dimensional Semantics
Clausal Adjuncts and Complements
Tatjana Scheffler(Author)
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2013
Book
Hardback
VIII, 188 pages
978-3-11-030234-9 (ISBN)
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Description
This book argues that while some adjuncts and complements contribute regular assertions, others operate in the conventional implicature dimension, which expresses additional side comments. This distinction of semantic dimension is shown as necessary to account for regular vs. speech act uses of 'weil' vs. 'denn' (because) in German, for regular vs. relevance conditionals, as well as certain sentence adverbs. Further, a new two-dimensional analysis is crucial to account for the differences between parenthetical-like sliftings and true verb-second embedded clauses in German.
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Series
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
2012
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Linguists, Institutes, Libraries
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-030234-9 (9783110302349)
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Tatjana Scheffler, Berlin.