A cognitivist semantics of gradation

Scalar approaches to the semantics of gradation are generally based on the conception of degrees as either points or intervals. In this paper, I will review two prominent approaches which use intervals differently for modelling the polarity of adjectives. For a relevant sub...

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Main Author:	Carstensen Kai-Uwe
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	De Gruyter 2013-10-01
Series:	Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
Subjects:	adjective semantics gradation language and cognition selective attention
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2013-0007

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spelling	doaj-62876f5a21cc4a39a0760f8d18fe133e2021-09-05T20:51:39ZdeuDe GruyterZeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft0721-90671613-37062013-10-0132218121910.1515/zfs-2013-0007A cognitivist semantics of gradationCarstensen Kai-Uwe0Fakultät I, Germanistisches Seminar, Universität SiegenScalar approaches to the semantics of gradation are generally based on the conception of degrees as either points or intervals. In this paper, I will review two prominent approaches which use intervals differently for modelling the polarity of adjectives. For a relevant subset of gradation phenomena, I will discuss several problems of these approaches and will develop a new proposal which is characterized by the assumption that for an attention-based, cognitivist semantics of gradation, both conceptions of degree are needed for a satisfactory solution of the problems.https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2013-0007adjective semanticsgradationlanguage and cognitionselective attention
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publisher	De Gruyter
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description	Scalar approaches to the semantics of gradation are generally based on the conception of degrees as either points or intervals. In this paper, I will review two prominent approaches which use intervals differently for modelling the polarity of adjectives. For a relevant subset of gradation phenomena, I will discuss several problems of these approaches and will develop a new proposal which is characterized by the assumption that for an attention-based, cognitivist semantics of gradation, both conceptions of degree are needed for a satisfactory solution of the problems.
topic	adjective semantics gradation language and cognition selective attention
url	https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2013-0007
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A cognitivist semantics of gradation

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