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Sadock, Jerrold M. 1969. Super-hypersentences. Papers in Linguistics 1 (1) : 1–15.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Person as a subject

Annotation

S. compares his own theory of hypersentences with Ross' performative hypothesis, and concludes that neither is entirely adequate. Some of the problems can only be explained by postulating super-hypersentences, i.e. entirely abstract structures dominating the highest surface performatives.