The semantics of evaluativity
Rett, JessicaAuthor
This volume focuses on the semantic phenomenon of evaluativity in sentences such as John is tall and its consequences across constructions. It proposes an account based on assumptions that speakers and hearers make about the relationship between the simplicity of a situation and the simplicity of the language used to describe that situation.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume focuses on the semantic phenomenon of evaluativity in sentences such as John is tall and its consequences across constructions. It proposes an account based on assumptions that speakers and hearers make about the relationship between the simplicity of a situation and the simplicity of the language used to describe that situation.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 14, 2015).
Connotation (Linguistics)
Pragmatics
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Philology & Linguistics