The Factive-Reported Distinction in English
Factive-Reported Distinction in English
1st Edition
Published on 9. March 2020
XVII, 253 pages
978-3-11-066969-5 (ISBN)
Description
This study offers a reconceptualization of the factive presupposition. It presents a cognitive-functional account based on three central features: the event structure of semantic classes of matrix predicates, the sources of modal stances in the complement clause, and the coercive potential of predicate-complement combinations. In this way the study complements the dominant formal pragmatic and formal syntactic theories on factivity.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
10 ill., 10 tbl.
File size
1,63 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-066969-5 (9783110669695)
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Person
Caroline Gentens
, University of Leuven & Stockholm University, Leuven, Belgium.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Prior definitions of factivity. Disparate views
- 3. Representational semantics
- 4. Interpersonal semantics. Modality
- 5. Object extraposition
- 6. The diachrony of the fact that-clauses
- 7. I regret (to say). From factive to reporting construction
- 8. Conclusions
- References
- Index
