"good" as a predicate of worlds
- The paper proposes a new semantics for good-predications involving finite if -and that-clauses. The proposal combines a standard semantics for conditionals with a standard semantics for the positive form of gradable adjectives and a minimal semantics for modal good. The predicted truth-conditions and conditions of use solve the mood puzzle presented in the first part of the paper. The remainder of the paper defends the classical notion of comparative goodness in terms of a comparison between possible worlds against Lassiter (2017)’s challenge.
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| Author: | Frank Sode |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-558532 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.61.2018.504 |
| ISSN: | 1435-9588 |
| ISSN: | 0947-7055 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 22, Vol. 2 / eds. Uli Sauerland and Stephanie Solt. Berlin, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft: ZAS papers in linguistics ; Nr. 61 |
| Publisher: | Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2020 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2020/09/16 |
| Tag: | factivity; gradable adjectives; preference predicates; subjunctive conditionals |
| Page Number: | 18 |
| First Page: | 407 |
| Last Page: | 424 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 47027428X |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Semantik / Semantics |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | ZAS papers in linguistics : ZASPiL / ZASPiL 61 = Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 22, Vol. 2 |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-559361 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
