The discourse structure and context-shifting functions of non-truth conditional scalar expressions
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26770140
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Mie University |
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Principal Investigator |
Sawada Osamu 三重大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (40598083)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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| Keywords | discourse structure / conventional implicature / context shift / scalarity / comparison / intensifier / expressives / degree / goal shift / comparision / scalar modifiers / dimensionality / perspective / スケール / 比較 / 非真理条件的意味 / 談話構造 / 否定 / 慣習的推意 / 視点 / 投射 / negative-sensitive items / counter-expectation / projective content / context-shifting / discourse expressions / non-at-issue meaning / dynamic semantics / measurement / multidimensionality / goal |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project investigated the discourse structure and context-shifting functions of non-truth conditional scalar expressions. Through a detailed analyses of both the meaning and use of various non-truth conditional scalar modifiers, such as the Japanese sore yori ‘than it’, nanni-yori ‘what-than’, and totemo ‘very’, as well as the mirative demonstrative ano and the English more than anything, more than that, this project shows that (i) there are scale structures in the discourse-pragmatic dimension (not only in the semantic dimension), and (ii) scalarity is used flexibly to signal various kinds of pragmatic meanings, such as objection, topic change, and mirativity.
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