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題名 Another look at superlative modifiers as modified superlatives
作者 陳奕勳
Chen, Yi-Hsun
貢獻者 華文碩
關鍵詞 superlative modifier; superlative; focus; degree; alternative
日期 2019-08
上傳時間 2022-06-15
摘要 This paper studies the morpho-semantic puzzle of superlative modifiers (SMs) where in many languages SMs typically involve a quantity adjective and a degree morpheme. This paper takes English at least as a case study and offers a decompositional analysis connecting its semantic properties with its morphological components. One central proposal is that SMs like at least can be structurally decomposed into three morphological pieces: a quantity adjective, a superlative and an existential operator. It is shown that the current analysis not only explains the role of the quantity adjective and degree morphology in the semantics of at least, but also captures two types of semantic parallels suggested in the literature on SMs: the parallel with disjunction and the parallel with epistemic indefinites.
關聯 Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, vol.1, pp.231-248
資料類型 conference
DOI https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2019.v23i1.513
dc.contributor 華文碩-
dc.creator (作者) 陳奕勳-
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Yi-Hsun-
dc.date (日期) 2019-08-
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-15-
dc.date.available 2022-06-15-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 2022-06-15-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/140284-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper studies the morpho-semantic puzzle of superlative modifiers (SMs) where in many languages SMs typically involve a quantity adjective and a degree morpheme. This paper takes English at least as a case study and offers a decompositional analysis connecting its semantic properties with its morphological components. One central proposal is that SMs like at least can be structurally decomposed into three morphological pieces: a quantity adjective, a superlative and an existential operator. It is shown that the current analysis not only explains the role of the quantity adjective and degree morphology in the semantics of at least, but also captures two types of semantic parallels suggested in the literature on SMs: the parallel with disjunction and the parallel with epistemic indefinites.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 23, vol.1, pp.231-248-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) superlative modifier; superlative; focus; degree; alternative-
dc.title (題名) Another look at superlative modifiers as modified superlatives-
dc.type (資料類型) conference-
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.18148/sub/2019.v23i1.513-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2019.v23i1.513-