30.1594, Books: The Grammar of Expressivity: Gutzmann

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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:53:03
From: Alyssa Russell [Alyssa.Russell at oup.com]
Subject: The Grammar of Expressivity: Gutzmann

 


Title: The Grammar of Expressivity 
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-grammar-of-expressivity-9780198812135/?WT.mc_id=gl-ling-11-2018-01 


Author: Daniel Gutzmann

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198812128 Pages: 320 Price: U.S. $ 85
Paperback: ISBN:  9780198812135 Pages: 320 Price: U.S. $ 39.95


Abstract:

This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language,
that is, utterances that express, rather than describe, the emotions and
attitudes of the speaker. While the expressive function of natural language
has been widely studied in recent years, the role that grammar plays in the
interpretation of expressive items has been largely neglected in the semantic
and pragmatic literature. 

Daniel Gutzmann demonstrates that expressivity has strong syntactic reflexes
that interact with the semantic and pragmatic interpretation of these
utterances, and argues that expressivity is in fact a syntactic feature on a
par with other established features such as tense and gender. Evidence for
this claim is drawn from three detailed case studies of expressive adjectives,
intensifiers, and vocatives; their puzzling properties are accounted for
through a minimalist approach to syntactic features and agreement, which shows
that expressivity can partake in agreement operations, trigger movement, and
be selected for syntactically. The analysis not only supports the hypothesis
of expressive syntax, but also highlights the hidden role that grammar may
play in phenomena that are traditionally considered to be solely semantic in
nature.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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