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Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality
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https://benjamins.com
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Lotte Hogeweg
Hogeweg, Lotte
Lotte
Hogeweg
Radboud University Nijmegen
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B01
Helen de Hoop
Hoop, Helen de
Helen
de
Hoop
Radboud University Nijmegen
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B01
Andrej L. Malchukov
Malchukov, Andrej L.
Andrej L.
Malchukov
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Saint Petersburg
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In recent years, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an increased interest in cross-linguistic data in formal semantic studies, and, on the other hand, an increased concern for semantic issues in language typology. However, only few studies combine semantic and typological research for a particular semantic domain (such as the papers in Bach et al. (1995) on quantification and Smith (1997) on aspect). This book brings together formal semanticists with a cross-linguistic perspective and/or those working on lesser-known languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of Tense, Aspect, and Mood/Modality.
05
This volume is essential for anybody working on TAM marking or those interested in the question of whether semantics and typology can be useful to each other, a question that in my view can only be answered with an emphatic ‘yes’.
Henk Zeevat, University of Amsterdam, in Language 87(1): 203-207, 2011
05
Overall, the book definitely achieves both the goal (quoted at the beginning of this review) 'to give greater prominence to the semantic richness of tense, aspect, modality, and their interactions, in the languages of the world'' and the hope that it ''contributes to the emergent field of semantic typology'.
Terry Langendoen, University of Arizona, on Linguist List , 21.2754, 2010
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The semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world
The
semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world
1
A01
Lotte Hogeweg
Hogeweg, Lotte
Lotte
Hogeweg
2
A01
Helen de Hoop
Hoop, Helen de
Helen
de
Hoop
3
A01
Andrej L. Malchukov
Malchukov, Andrej L.
Andrej L.
Malchukov
10
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JB code
la.148.02mal
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32
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Article
3
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Incompatible categories
Resolving the “present perfective paradox”
1
A01
Andrej L. Malchukov
Malchukov, Andrej L.
Andrej L.
Malchukov
MPI EVA, Leipzig, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Saint Petersburg
01
In this paper I propose a general approach to the study of constraints on cooccurrence of grammatical categories and present one case study of a functionally infelicitous combination from the domain of TAM categories, the present perfective. It is argued that constraints on co-occurrence of particular categories can be accounted for in terms of local markedness and markedness hierarchies. This approach lends itself naturally for formalization in Optimality Theoretic terms. It was further shown that both production optimization (OT syntax) and comprehension optimization (OT semantics) is needed to model syntagmatic interaction of grammatical categories.
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Article
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The perfective/imperfective distinction
The
perfective/imperfective distinction
Coercion or aspectual operators?
1
A01
Corien Bary
Bary, Corien
Corien
Bary
Radboud University Nijmegen
01
I defend an aspectual operator approach of the perfective/imperfective distinction against a coercion approach, as, for example, proposed for French by de Swart (1998). I propose an analysis that follows de Swart on many points, but keeps temporal and aspectual contributions separate. I argue that such an analysis has a larger cross-linguistic coverage than one that combines the two in a single operator. The argumentation is based on the aspectual system of Ancient Greek, but holds for any language in which temporal and aspectual information are encoded in separate morphemes, and in which the opposition perfective/ imperfective is not restricted to the past tense. In addition, I show that a coercion analysis is problematic for French as well.
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la.148.04ark
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82
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Article
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Lexical and compositional factors in the aspectual system of Adyghe
1
A01
Peter M. Arkadiev
Arkadiev, Peter M.
Peter M.
Arkadiev
Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
01
This paper deals with different components of aspectual interpretation in Adyghe, a polysynthetic North-West Caucasian language, and hierarchical relations among them. Following Tatevosov (2002), I propose a classification of Adyghe predicates into actional classes, and then show how this classification can account for the distribution of temporal adverbials. I argue that temporal adverbials in Adyghe are able to shift the lexically specified actional characteristic of the predicate (coercion in the sense of de Swart 1998) and thus constitute a separate level of aspectually relevant operators intermediate between lexical and grammatical aspect.
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Article
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Event structure of non-culminating accomplishments
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A01
Sergei Tatevosov
Tatevosov, Sergei
Sergei
Tatevosov
Moscow State University
2
A01
Mikhail Ivanov
Ivanov, Mikhail
Mikhail
Ivanov
Moscow State University
01
In this paper, we examine <i>failed attempt and partial success interpretations</i> of <i>accomplishment verbs</i> cross-linguistically. We observe that accomplishments differ systematically as to which of these readings they can produce. Relying on Rothstein’s (2004) theory of accomplishments, we propose that this diversity can be accounted for through <i>properties of the relation between subevents</i> in the accomplishment event structure.
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JB code
la.148.06rom
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154
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The grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’
The
grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’
1
A01
Nicoletta Romeo
Romeo, Nicoletta
Nicoletta
Romeo
University of New South Wales
01
This paper describes the grammatical uses of the Burmese motion verbs <i>la</i> ‘come’ and <i>thwà</i> ‘go’. The verbal markers -<i>la</i> ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’ fulfil different functionsaccording to (1) the semantics of the verb they modify, (2) the way in whichevents are represented in the clause/sentence, and (3) the context of occurrencein which -<i>la</i> ‘come’, and <i>thwà</i> ‘go’ appear. With motion verbs, they expressdirectionality of motion of the participants in the speech act. With non-motionverbs, they function as inchoative markers, i.e. as markers of a change in theentity’s state. In addition, <i>thwà</i> ‘go’ is used in clauses/sentences to mark the decreasedsalience of the Agent and the correspondent increased salience of the Undergoer.This function of <i>thwà</i> ‘go’ will be compared with the function of -<i>lai</i> ‘follow’, derived from the motion verb <i>lai</i> ‘follow’, which is used to mark a high degree oftransitivity of the clause.
10
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la.148.07gij
155
178
24
Article
8
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Irrealis in Yurakaré and other languages
On the cross-linguistic consistency of an elusive category
1
A01
Rik van Gijn
Gijn, Rik van
Rik
van
Gijn
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
2
A01
Sonja Gipper
Gipper, Sonja
Sonja
Gipper
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
01
The linguistic category of irrealis does not show stable semantics across languages. This makes it difficult to formulate general statements about this category, and it has led some researchers to reject irrealis as a cross-linguistically valid category. In this paper we look at the semantics of the irrealis category of Yurakaré, an unclassified language spoken in central Bolivia, and compare it to irrealis semantics of a number of other languages. Languages differ with respect to the subcategories they subsume under the heading of irrealis. The variable subcategories are future tense, imperatives, negatives, and habitual aspect. We argue that the cross-linguistic variation is not random, and can be stated in terms of an implicational scale.
10
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la.148.08mar
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204
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Article
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On the selection of mood in complement clauses
1
A01
Rui Marques
Marques, Rui
Rui
Marques
Universidade de Lisboa
01
In this paper, the selection of indicative or subjunctive for complement clauses in Romance languages is considered, the proposal being made that the selection of one or another mood is related to the kind of attitude expressed by the main predicate. Specifically, indicative is selected when the expressed attitude is one of knowledge or belief, otherwise subjunctive being selected. Hence, a relation is established between epistemic or doxastic modality and the selection of indicative, while subjunctive is not linked to any particular kind of modal value.
10
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JB code
la.148.09dav
205
244
40
Article
10
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‘Out of control’ marking as circumstantial modality in St’át’imcets
1
A01
Henry Davis
Davis, Henry
Henry
Davis
University of British Columbia
2
A01
Lisa Matthewson
Matthewson, Lisa
Lisa
Matthewson
University of British Columbia
3
A01
Hotze Rullmann
Rullmann, Hotze
Hotze
Rullmann
University of British Columbia
01
This paper provides a unified semantic analysis of the so-called ‘out-of-control’ circumfix <i>ka-…-a</i> in St’át’imcets (Lillooet Salish). <i>ka-…-a</i> expresses an initially puzzling range of meanings, including “be able to”, “manage to”, “suddenly”, “accidentally”, and “non-controllable”. We propose that <i>ka-…-a</i> encodes circumstantial modality; we show that its various meanings all reduce to either an existential (ability) or universal (involuntary action) interpretation. Our analysis provides further support for a striking difference between St’át’imcets and English. In English, modals lexically encode quantificational strength, but do not encode distinctions between epistemic, deontic and circumstantial interpretations. St’át’imcets modals display exactly the inverse pattern (Rullmann et al. 2008). In line with this, <i>ka-…-a</i> lexically encodes circumstantial modality, but does not encode quantificational strength. The parallel between <i>ka-…-a</i> and other St’át’imcets modal elements provides support for our analysis, in contrast to previous accounts (e.g., Demirdache 1997), which treat <i>ka-…-a</i> as primarily aspectual in nature.
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la.148.10sch
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270
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Modal geometry
Remarks on the structure of a modal map
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A01
Kees de Schepper
Schepper, Kees de
Kees
de
Schepper
Radboud University Nijmegen
2
A01
Joost Zwarts
Zwarts, Joost
Joost
Zwarts
Utrecht University
01
This paper takes a closer look at the ‘geometric’ structure of the semantic map of modality (Van der Auwera & Plungian 1998). By analyzing the different modalities into more basic modal features, we can get a better view on how the map is organized along different dimensions around a neutral middle modality, how the deontic modality fits on the map and what role connectivity plays in defining polyfunctionality. Drawing on data from Dutch, we argue that a basic distinction on the map corresponds to the grammatical raising/control distinction.
10
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la.148.11auw
271
302
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Article
12
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Acquisitive modals
1
A01
Johan van der Auwera
Auwera, Johan van der
Johan
van der
Auwera
University of Antwerp/
2
A01
Petar Kehayov
Kehayov, Petar
Petar
Kehayov
University of Tartu
3
A01
Alice Vittrant
Vittrant, Alice
Alice
Vittrant
University of Aix-en-Provence
01
The paper explores the fact that ‘get’ etymons may acquire modal meanings. It tries to fit this fact into the modal map proposal of van der Auwera & Plungian (1998) and concludes that the map has to be revised, in part because the lexical input, the predicates meaning ‘get/acquire’ allow more than one reading, an agentive and a receptive one. The paper focuses on the two areas in which so-called ‘acquisitiv modality’ is very prominent, viz. Northern Europe and South(east) Asia.
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la.148.12foo
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316
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Article
13
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Conflicting constraints on the interpretation of modal auxiliaries
1
A01
Ad Foolen
Foolen, Ad
Ad
Foolen
Radboud University Nijmegen
2
A01
Helen de Hoop
Hoop, Helen de
Helen
de
Hoop
Radboud University Nijmegen
01
The Dutch modal auxiliaries <i>kunnen</i> ‘can’ and <i>moeten</i> ‘must’ can be interpreted in different ways: ‘participant-internal, ‘participant-external’, and epistemic. For each of the verbs, we assume a basic, default interpretation: ‘participant-internal’ for <i>kunnen</i>, ‘participant-external’ for <i>moeten</i>. In sentences with a ‘neutral’ main verb like <i>zwemmen</i> ‘to swim’, and with a third person subject, the hearer chooses this basic interpretation. We subsequently show that other elements in the sentence can induce a non-basic interpretation. In particular the controllability of the activity expressed in the main verb (‘to swim’ versus ‘to pee’), progressive aspect, and person of the subject (in particular second person subject) are relevant factors influencing the interpretation of the modal verb. We model the factors influencing the interpretation as violable constraints in an optimal theoretic analysis, which leads to tableaux with a sentence as input and an optimal interpretation of that sentence as output.
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la.148.13nau
317
340
24
Article
14
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Modality and context dependence
1
A01
Fabrice Nauze
Nauze, Fabrice
Fabrice
Nauze
ILLC, Universiteit van Amsterdam
01
This paper argues that the analysis of modality in terms of generalized quantification falls short on three issues. First it is shown that such an analysis encounters serious problems when it come to deontic modality. Second I will show that the standard analysis makes false predictions by allowing unwanted combinations of modal items. Third I will argue that the data from Lillooet challenges the position that modality should be analyzed across the board as the interaction of a neutral operator with an externally provided intensional context. Finally I will sketch a solution to those problems within the framework of update semantics. I will propose a polysemous treatment of modality where each modality type (epistemic, deontic and circumstantial) has a distinct meaning.
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la.148.14par
341
364
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Verbal semantic shifts under negation, intensionality, and imperfectivity
Russian genitive objects
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A01
Barbara H. Partee
Partee, Barbara H.
Barbara H.
Partee
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2
A01
Vladimir Borschev
Borschev, Vladimir
Vladimir
Borschev
VINITI, Russian Academy of Sciences and UMass, Amherst
01
The Russian Genitive of Negation construction involves alternations of genitive with nominative or accusative case under negation; typically a genitive NP is interpreted as “weaker” than a corresponding nominative or accusative, having narrow scope with respect to negation and as lacking any existence presupposition. A similar alternation is found with some intensional verbs, with genitive (sometimes) used for the “opaque” reading of the direct object. The similarity among these uses of genitive for ‘less referential’ objects was observed by Neidle (1982). One challenge for compositionality is the apparent nonuniformity of the semantics: the case alternations often have semantic correlates, but not always; when they do, the semantic correlates are not self-evidently the same in each case. We believe that a solution might be approached by combining the Russian “verb-centered” view of the phenomena with the western “compositionality-centered” view. As a prolegomenon to a fuller study of shifts in semantics and in fine-grained argument structure of verbs under negation and under the influence of intensionality, modality, and imperfective aspect, in this paper we examine the relationships between negation and intensionality and between partitivity and imperfectivity.
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The Estonian partitive evidential
The
Estonian partitive evidential
Some notes on the semantic parallels between aspect and evidential categories
1
A01
Anne Tamm
Tamm, Anne
Anne
Tamm
Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Florence
01
This article shows that the Estonian partitive evidential marks predicates in sentences that express incomplete evidence. Partitive occurs in the categories of aspect, epistemic modality, and evidentiality, marking objects and present participles. Despite the difference in syntax, the semantics of these categories is based on parallel relationships. More specifically, the aspectual partitive marks objects in sentences describing incomplete events, and the partitive evidential appears in sentences that encode incomplete evidence compared to the expectation of complete evidence.
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Cross-linguistic Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality
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la.148
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https://benjamins.com
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Lotte Hogeweg
Hogeweg, Lotte
Lotte
Hogeweg
Radboud University Nijmegen
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Helen de Hoop
Hoop, Helen de
Helen
de
Hoop
Radboud University Nijmegen
3
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Andrej L. Malchukov
Malchukov, Andrej L.
Andrej L.
Malchukov
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Saint Petersburg
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CFG
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Generative linguistics
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Semantics
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Theoretical linguistics
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Typology
06
01
In recent years, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an increased interest in cross-linguistic data in formal semantic studies, and, on the other hand, an increased concern for semantic issues in language typology. However, only few studies combine semantic and typological research for a particular semantic domain (such as the papers in Bach et al. (1995) on quantification and Smith (1997) on aspect). This book brings together formal semanticists with a cross-linguistic perspective and/or those working on lesser-known languages, and typologists interested in semantic theory, to discuss semantic variation in the specific domain of Tense, Aspect, and Mood/Modality.
05
This volume is essential for anybody working on TAM marking or those interested in the question of whether semantics and typology can be useful to each other, a question that in my view can only be answered with an emphatic ‘yes’.
Henk Zeevat, University of Amsterdam, in Language 87(1): 203-207, 2011
05
Overall, the book definitely achieves both the goal (quoted at the beginning of this review) 'to give greater prominence to the semantic richness of tense, aspect, modality, and their interactions, in the languages of the world'' and the hope that it ''contributes to the emergent field of semantic typology'.
Terry Langendoen, University of Arizona, on Linguist List , 21.2754, 2010
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The semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world
The
semantics of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world
1
A01
Lotte Hogeweg
Hogeweg, Lotte
Lotte
Hogeweg
2
A01
Helen de Hoop
Hoop, Helen de
Helen
de
Hoop
3
A01
Andrej L. Malchukov
Malchukov, Andrej L.
Andrej L.
Malchukov
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3
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Incompatible categories
Resolving the “present perfective paradox”
1
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Andrej L. Malchukov
Malchukov, Andrej L.
Andrej L.
Malchukov
MPI EVA, Leipzig, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Saint Petersburg
01
In this paper I propose a general approach to the study of constraints on cooccurrence of grammatical categories and present one case study of a functionally infelicitous combination from the domain of TAM categories, the present perfective. It is argued that constraints on co-occurrence of particular categories can be accounted for in terms of local markedness and markedness hierarchies. This approach lends itself naturally for formalization in Optimality Theoretic terms. It was further shown that both production optimization (OT syntax) and comprehension optimization (OT semantics) is needed to model syntagmatic interaction of grammatical categories.
10
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la.148.03bar
33
54
22
Article
4
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The perfective/imperfective distinction
The
perfective/imperfective distinction
Coercion or aspectual operators?
1
A01
Corien Bary
Bary, Corien
Corien
Bary
Radboud University Nijmegen
01
I defend an aspectual operator approach of the perfective/imperfective distinction against a coercion approach, as, for example, proposed for French by de Swart (1998). I propose an analysis that follows de Swart on many points, but keeps temporal and aspectual contributions separate. I argue that such an analysis has a larger cross-linguistic coverage than one that combines the two in a single operator. The argumentation is based on the aspectual system of Ancient Greek, but holds for any language in which temporal and aspectual information are encoded in separate morphemes, and in which the opposition perfective/ imperfective is not restricted to the past tense. In addition, I show that a coercion analysis is problematic for French as well.
10
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JB code
la.148.04ark
55
82
28
Article
5
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Lexical and compositional factors in the aspectual system of Adyghe
1
A01
Peter M. Arkadiev
Arkadiev, Peter M.
Peter M.
Arkadiev
Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
01
This paper deals with different components of aspectual interpretation in Adyghe, a polysynthetic North-West Caucasian language, and hierarchical relations among them. Following Tatevosov (2002), I propose a classification of Adyghe predicates into actional classes, and then show how this classification can account for the distribution of temporal adverbials. I argue that temporal adverbials in Adyghe are able to shift the lexically specified actional characteristic of the predicate (coercion in the sense of de Swart 1998) and thus constitute a separate level of aspectually relevant operators intermediate between lexical and grammatical aspect.
10
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JB code
la.148.05tat
83
130
48
Article
6
01
Event structure of non-culminating accomplishments
1
A01
Sergei Tatevosov
Tatevosov, Sergei
Sergei
Tatevosov
Moscow State University
2
A01
Mikhail Ivanov
Ivanov, Mikhail
Mikhail
Ivanov
Moscow State University
01
In this paper, we examine <i>failed attempt and partial success interpretations</i> of <i>accomplishment verbs</i> cross-linguistically. We observe that accomplishments differ systematically as to which of these readings they can produce. Relying on Rothstein’s (2004) theory of accomplishments, we propose that this diversity can be accounted for through <i>properties of the relation between subevents</i> in the accomplishment event structure.
10
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JB code
la.148.06rom
131
154
24
Article
7
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The grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’
The
grammaticalised use of the Burmese verbs la ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’
1
A01
Nicoletta Romeo
Romeo, Nicoletta
Nicoletta
Romeo
University of New South Wales
01
This paper describes the grammatical uses of the Burmese motion verbs <i>la</i> ‘come’ and <i>thwà</i> ‘go’. The verbal markers -<i>la</i> ‘come’ and thwà ‘go’ fulfil different functionsaccording to (1) the semantics of the verb they modify, (2) the way in whichevents are represented in the clause/sentence, and (3) the context of occurrencein which -<i>la</i> ‘come’, and <i>thwà</i> ‘go’ appear. With motion verbs, they expressdirectionality of motion of the participants in the speech act. With non-motionverbs, they function as inchoative markers, i.e. as markers of a change in theentity’s state. In addition, <i>thwà</i> ‘go’ is used in clauses/sentences to mark the decreasedsalience of the Agent and the correspondent increased salience of the Undergoer.This function of <i>thwà</i> ‘go’ will be compared with the function of -<i>lai</i> ‘follow’, derived from the motion verb <i>lai</i> ‘follow’, which is used to mark a high degree oftransitivity of the clause.
10
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JB code
la.148.07gij
155
178
24
Article
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Irrealis in Yurakaré and other languages
On the cross-linguistic consistency of an elusive category
1
A01
Rik van Gijn
Gijn, Rik van
Rik
van
Gijn
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
2
A01
Sonja Gipper
Gipper, Sonja
Sonja
Gipper
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
01
The linguistic category of irrealis does not show stable semantics across languages. This makes it difficult to formulate general statements about this category, and it has led some researchers to reject irrealis as a cross-linguistically valid category. In this paper we look at the semantics of the irrealis category of Yurakaré, an unclassified language spoken in central Bolivia, and compare it to irrealis semantics of a number of other languages. Languages differ with respect to the subcategories they subsume under the heading of irrealis. The variable subcategories are future tense, imperatives, negatives, and habitual aspect. We argue that the cross-linguistic variation is not random, and can be stated in terms of an implicational scale.
10
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JB code
la.148.08mar
179
204
26
Article
9
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On the selection of mood in complement clauses
1
A01
Rui Marques
Marques, Rui
Rui
Marques
Universidade de Lisboa
01
In this paper, the selection of indicative or subjunctive for complement clauses in Romance languages is considered, the proposal being made that the selection of one or another mood is related to the kind of attitude expressed by the main predicate. Specifically, indicative is selected when the expressed attitude is one of knowledge or belief, otherwise subjunctive being selected. Hence, a relation is established between epistemic or doxastic modality and the selection of indicative, while subjunctive is not linked to any particular kind of modal value.
10
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JB code
la.148.09dav
205
244
40
Article
10
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‘Out of control’ marking as circumstantial modality in St’át’imcets
1
A01
Henry Davis
Davis, Henry
Henry
Davis
University of British Columbia
2
A01
Lisa Matthewson
Matthewson, Lisa
Lisa
Matthewson
University of British Columbia
3
A01
Hotze Rullmann
Rullmann, Hotze
Hotze
Rullmann
University of British Columbia
01
This paper provides a unified semantic analysis of the so-called ‘out-of-control’ circumfix <i>ka-…-a</i> in St’át’imcets (Lillooet Salish). <i>ka-…-a</i> expresses an initially puzzling range of meanings, including “be able to”, “manage to”, “suddenly”, “accidentally”, and “non-controllable”. We propose that <i>ka-…-a</i> encodes circumstantial modality; we show that its various meanings all reduce to either an existential (ability) or universal (involuntary action) interpretation. Our analysis provides further support for a striking difference between St’át’imcets and English. In English, modals lexically encode quantificational strength, but do not encode distinctions between epistemic, deontic and circumstantial interpretations. St’át’imcets modals display exactly the inverse pattern (Rullmann et al. 2008). In line with this, <i>ka-…-a</i> lexically encodes circumstantial modality, but does not encode quantificational strength. The parallel between <i>ka-…-a</i> and other St’át’imcets modal elements provides support for our analysis, in contrast to previous accounts (e.g., Demirdache 1997), which treat <i>ka-…-a</i> as primarily aspectual in nature.
10
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JB code
la.148.10sch
245
270
26
Article
11
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Modal geometry
Remarks on the structure of a modal map
1
A01
Kees de Schepper
Schepper, Kees de
Kees
de
Schepper
Radboud University Nijmegen
2
A01
Joost Zwarts
Zwarts, Joost
Joost
Zwarts
Utrecht University
01
This paper takes a closer look at the ‘geometric’ structure of the semantic map of modality (Van der Auwera & Plungian 1998). By analyzing the different modalities into more basic modal features, we can get a better view on how the map is organized along different dimensions around a neutral middle modality, how the deontic modality fits on the map and what role connectivity plays in defining polyfunctionality. Drawing on data from Dutch, we argue that a basic distinction on the map corresponds to the grammatical raising/control distinction.
10
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JB code
la.148.11auw
271
302
32
Article
12
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Acquisitive modals
1
A01
Johan van der Auwera
Auwera, Johan van der
Johan
van der
Auwera
University of Antwerp/
2
A01
Petar Kehayov
Kehayov, Petar
Petar
Kehayov
University of Tartu
3
A01
Alice Vittrant
Vittrant, Alice
Alice
Vittrant
University of Aix-en-Provence
01
The paper explores the fact that ‘get’ etymons may acquire modal meanings. It tries to fit this fact into the modal map proposal of van der Auwera & Plungian (1998) and concludes that the map has to be revised, in part because the lexical input, the predicates meaning ‘get/acquire’ allow more than one reading, an agentive and a receptive one. The paper focuses on the two areas in which so-called ‘acquisitiv modality’ is very prominent, viz. Northern Europe and South(east) Asia.
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JB code
la.148.12foo
303
316
14
Article
13
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Conflicting constraints on the interpretation of modal auxiliaries
1
A01
Ad Foolen
Foolen, Ad
Ad
Foolen
Radboud University Nijmegen
2
A01
Helen de Hoop
Hoop, Helen de
Helen
de
Hoop
Radboud University Nijmegen
01
The Dutch modal auxiliaries <i>kunnen</i> ‘can’ and <i>moeten</i> ‘must’ can be interpreted in different ways: ‘participant-internal, ‘participant-external’, and epistemic. For each of the verbs, we assume a basic, default interpretation: ‘participant-internal’ for <i>kunnen</i>, ‘participant-external’ for <i>moeten</i>. In sentences with a ‘neutral’ main verb like <i>zwemmen</i> ‘to swim’, and with a third person subject, the hearer chooses this basic interpretation. We subsequently show that other elements in the sentence can induce a non-basic interpretation. In particular the controllability of the activity expressed in the main verb (‘to swim’ versus ‘to pee’), progressive aspect, and person of the subject (in particular second person subject) are relevant factors influencing the interpretation of the modal verb. We model the factors influencing the interpretation as violable constraints in an optimal theoretic analysis, which leads to tableaux with a sentence as input and an optimal interpretation of that sentence as output.
10
01
JB code
la.148.13nau
317
340
24
Article
14
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Modality and context dependence
1
A01
Fabrice Nauze
Nauze, Fabrice
Fabrice
Nauze
ILLC, Universiteit van Amsterdam
01
This paper argues that the analysis of modality in terms of generalized quantification falls short on three issues. First it is shown that such an analysis encounters serious problems when it come to deontic modality. Second I will show that the standard analysis makes false predictions by allowing unwanted combinations of modal items. Third I will argue that the data from Lillooet challenges the position that modality should be analyzed across the board as the interaction of a neutral operator with an externally provided intensional context. Finally I will sketch a solution to those problems within the framework of update semantics. I will propose a polysemous treatment of modality where each modality type (epistemic, deontic and circumstantial) has a distinct meaning.
10
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JB code
la.148.14par
341
364
24
Article
15
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Verbal semantic shifts under negation, intensionality, and imperfectivity
Russian genitive objects
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A01
Barbara H. Partee
Partee, Barbara H.
Barbara H.
Partee
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2
A01
Vladimir Borschev
Borschev, Vladimir
Vladimir
Borschev
VINITI, Russian Academy of Sciences and UMass, Amherst
01
The Russian Genitive of Negation construction involves alternations of genitive with nominative or accusative case under negation; typically a genitive NP is interpreted as “weaker” than a corresponding nominative or accusative, having narrow scope with respect to negation and as lacking any existence presupposition. A similar alternation is found with some intensional verbs, with genitive (sometimes) used for the “opaque” reading of the direct object. The similarity among these uses of genitive for ‘less referential’ objects was observed by Neidle (1982). One challenge for compositionality is the apparent nonuniformity of the semantics: the case alternations often have semantic correlates, but not always; when they do, the semantic correlates are not self-evidently the same in each case. We believe that a solution might be approached by combining the Russian “verb-centered” view of the phenomena with the western “compositionality-centered” view. As a prolegomenon to a fuller study of shifts in semantics and in fine-grained argument structure of verbs under negation and under the influence of intensionality, modality, and imperfective aspect, in this paper we examine the relationships between negation and intensionality and between partitivity and imperfectivity.
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JB code
la.148.15tam
365
402
38
Article
16
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The Estonian partitive evidential
The
Estonian partitive evidential
Some notes on the semantic parallels between aspect and evidential categories
1
A01
Anne Tamm
Tamm, Anne
Anne
Tamm
Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Florence
01
This article shows that the Estonian partitive evidential marks predicates in sentences that express incomplete evidence. Partitive occurs in the categories of aspect, epistemic modality, and evidentiality, marking objects and present participles. Despite the difference in syntax, the semantics of these categories is based on parallel relationships. More specifically, the aspectual partitive marks objects in sentences describing incomplete events, and the partitive evidential appears in sentences that encode incomplete evidence compared to the expectation of complete evidence.
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JB code
la.148.17ind
403
406
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