Truth Conditional Discourse Semantics for Parentheticals (2000)
| Venue: | Journal of Semantics |
| Citations: | 4 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Asher00truthconditional,
author = {Nicholas Asher},
title = {Truth Conditional Discourse Semantics for Parentheticals},
journal = {Journal of Semantics},
year = {2000},
volume = {17},
pages = {31--50}
}
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Abstract
this paper I will examine parentheticals and discourse adverbials. Some examples of parentheticals are given in (1) below (the parentheticals are underlined). I'll argue that these parts of speech also have a straightforward truth conditional semantics in a theory of discourse interpretation that takes account of discourse structure. The theory of discourse interpretation that I will use is SDRT (Asher 1993, Lascarides and Asher 1993), an extension of DRT that incorporates an account of discourse structure and rhetorical function.
Citations
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| 68 | Modal Subordination, Anaphora, and Distributivity - Roberts - 1987 |
| 42 | The semantics and pragmatics of presupposition - Asher, Lascarides - 1998 |
| 19 | The Modes of Modality - Hintikka - 1963 |
| 9 | Parenthetical Adverbials: The Radical Orphanage Approach - Haegeman - 1991 |
| 5 | Interjections and Phrase Structure - Haegeman - 1984 |
| 2 | The (Nonvacuous) Semantics of TE-Linkage in Japanese - Hasegawa - 1996 |
