Michael Israel

The Grammar of Polarity

Pragmatics, Sensitivity, and the Logic of Scales

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book surveys a wide variety of polarity items, both negative and positive, commonly found in English and other languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780521792400
• ISBN-10: 0521792401
• Artikelnr.: 33122837

Autorenporträt

Michael Israel is Associate Professor of English Language at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Trivium pursuits
2. Ex nihilo: the grammar of polarity
3. Licensing and the logic of scalar models
4. Sensitivity as inherent scalar semantics
5. The elements of sensitivity
6. The scalar lexicon
7. The family of English indefinite polarity items
8. Polarity and the architecture of grammar
9. The pragmatics of polarity licensing
10. Visions and revisions.