Metalinguistic comparison in an alternative semantics for imprecision

Morzycki, Marcin

doi:10.1007/s11050-010-9063-5

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“…. ish is based on a recent analysis of metalinguistic comparison by Morzycki (2011). According to Morzycki, metalinguistic comparison involves comparing degrees of precision.…”

Section: Metalinguistic Degree Morphemes and Scales Of Precisionmentioning

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“…That there is such a metalinguistic degree morpheme should not come as a surprise given the existence of metalinguistic comparatives, which have received recent attention in the literature (e.g., Giannakidou & Stavrou 2009;Giannakidou & Yoon 2011;Morzycki 2011). This literature has highlighted both the similarities and differences between metalinguistic and 'ordinary' comparatives (4), which operate over propositions and gradable predicates, respectively, while sharing a common semantic core of comparison.…”

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“…. ish targets a scale of precision in the sense of Morzycki (2011). Under this view, the sentence in (1a) can be paraphrased roughly as "I am being less than fully precise when I say 1 Source: urbandictionary.com 2 Source: merriam-webster.com 3 We unfortunately will not be able to provide an analysis for -ish applied to nouns as in (3), and we are unsure whether a fully unified analysis is possible.…”

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“…. ish/-ish couched within Morzycki's (2011) analysis of metalinguistic comparison as manipulating degrees of imprecision. Using this framework allows us to capture the notion of attenuating speaker commitment in terms of imprecision.…”

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“…. ish/-ish as a degree modifier, where the relevant degree variable can be provided lexically, or through a type-shifting operation that makes available a degree of precision in the sense of Morzycki (2011). This study has implications for research on the semantics of metalinguistic degree morphology, imprecision, speaker-oriented phenomena, and the role of subjectification in semantic change.…”

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A new metalinguistic degree morpheme

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In this paper, we discuss and analyze . . . ish/-ish in three of its uses: as a modifier of gradable adjectives; as a clause-final particle that hedges on a speaker's degree of commitment to a proposition; and as a general precision-regulator. In each case, . . . ish/-ish makes reference to a degree that is slightly less than the standard for the constituent it applies to. We propose that proposition-modifying . . . ish belongs to the class of metalinguistic degree morphology alongside metalinguistic comparisons, which have received recent attention in the literature (e.g., Giannakidou & Yoon 2011; Morzycki 2011). We argue for a unified analysis of . . . ish/-ish as a degree modifier, where the relevant degree variable can be provided lexically, or through a type-shifting operation that makes available a degree of precision in the sense of Morzycki (2011). This study has implications for research on the semantics of metalinguistic degree morphology, imprecision, speaker-oriented phenomena, and the role of subjectification in semantic change.

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“…. ish is based on a recent analysis of metalinguistic comparison by Morzycki (2011). According to Morzycki, metalinguistic comparison involves comparing degrees of precision.…”

Section: Metalinguistic Degree Morphemes and Scales Of Precisionmentioning

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Family Resemblance and Prototypes

Sassoon

2020

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This chapter reviews phenomena suggesting that concepts like ‘bird’ or ‘game’ have a family resemblance structure, and the debates these phenomena have ignited concerning the meanings of linguistic labels (predicates) like bird and game . Conceptual semanticists have embraced family resemblance, modeling predicate meaning through mental conceptual representations, such as clusters of properties, prototypes, and similarity functions. To this end, they rejected classical logic as a basis for reasoning with natural language. By contrast, considering the advantages of classical logic, typically, formal semanticists have refrained from adopting the family resemblance view. Nonetheless, the chapter focuses on the less typical cases, where family resemblance structures are incorporated into referential semantic accounts assuming minimal deviation from classical logic (using the supervaluation technique). More recent nonclassical developments using vector semantics are briefly described as well.

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Dimension Accessibility as a Predictor of Morphological Gradability

Sassoon

2017

Language, Cognition, and Mind

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Existing formal theories represent the interpretations of gradable predicates in terms of single scalar dimensions. This paper presents a new approach, which aims to cover morphological gradability in multidimensional adjectives and nouns. Following psychological theories, nouns are assumed to be associated with dimension sets, like adjectives. Degree constructions are proposed to involve quantification on dimensions. This approach correlates the acceptability of a given noun or adjective in comparison constructions with its type of characteristic categorization criterion (i.e., whether, as a default, its dimensions combine into a single criterion via quantifiers or other operations). A preliminary study confirms the predicted correlation. Directions for future research are proposed.

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Metalinguistic comparison in an alternative semantics for imprecision

Cited by 60 publications

References 32 publications

A new metalinguistic degree morpheme

A new metalinguistic degree morpheme

Family Resemblance and Prototypes

Dimension Accessibility as a Predictor of Morphological Gradability

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