24.1522, Books: Vagueness, Gradability and Typicality: Sassoon

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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:24:46
From: Els van Egmond [egmonde at brill.com]
Subject: Vagueness, Gradability and Typicality: Sassoon

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Title: Vagueness, Gradability and Typicality 
Subtitle: The Interpretation of Adjectives and Nouns 
Series Title: Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Brill
	   http://www.brill.com
	

Book URL: http://www.brill.com/vagueness-gradability-and-typicality 


Author: Galit W. Sassoon

Hardback: ISBN:  9781781902639 Pages: 446 Price: Europe EURO 113.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781781902639 Pages: 446 Price: U.S. $ 157.00


Abstract:

This book presents a study of the connections between vagueness and
gradability, and their different manifestations in adjectives (morphological
gradability effects) and nouns (typicality effects). It addresses two opposing
theoretical approaches from within formal semantics and cognitive psychology.
These approaches rest on different, apparently contradictory pieces of data.
For example, for psychologists nouns are linked with vague and gradable
concepts, while for linguists they rarely are. This difference in approach has
created an unfortunate gap between the semantic and psychological studies of
the concepts denoted by nouns, as well as adjectives. The volume describes a
wide range of relevant facts and theories. Psychological notions such as
prototypes and dimensions are addressed with formal rigor and explicitness.
Existing formal semantic accounts are examined against empirically established
cognitive data. The result is a comprehensive unified approach. The book will
be of interest to students and researchers working on the semantics and
pragmatics of natural languages and their cognitive basis, the psychology of
concepts, and the philosophy of language.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Semantics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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