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Studia Semiotyczne, 2020 In one of my earlier articles (Koj 1966: 45—64) I presented a hypothesis1 that systems of pure semantics constructed by logicians may be presented as theories explaining fragments of empirical pragmatics, i.e.
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Cross-linguistic variation in modality systems: The role of mood
Semantics and Pragmatics, 2010 The St'át'imcets (Lillooet Salish) subjunctive mood appears in nine distinct environments, with a range of semantic effects, including weakening an imperative to a polite request, turning a question into an uncertainty statement, and creating an ...
Lisa Matthewson
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Academic misconduct appeal services have quietly emerged within China's education marketplace, with commercial agencies promoting themselves on social media to assist international students facing misconduct hearings. While existing research on academic integrity has emphasized prevention and detection, far less attention has been paid to what
Gengyan Tang +2 more
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The Unsaid in Chomsky’s Theory of Language and Pragmatics
Revue des Sciences Humaines, 2015 There is a common belief among EFL learners and their teachers alike that the unsaid information is a specificity of pragmatics and pragmatics only.
Salah KAOUACHE
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N-words and sentential negation: Evidence from polarity particles and VP ellipsis
Semantics and Pragmatics, 2013 A prominent treatment of n-words such as nobody and never is as indefinite expressions occurring in the scope of a covert sentential negation operator.
Adrian Brasoveanu +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Effective knowledge of ecological connectivity at sea and at the land–sea interface is key to supporting global policy goals to conserve and restore ocean biodiversity and function. However, a persistent lack of commonality in terminology and understanding around the concept of connectivity in marine ecological studies hampers its integration ...
Audrey M. Darnaude +20 more
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Varieties of conventional implicature
Semantics and Pragmatics, 2010 This paper provides a system capable of analyzing the combinatorics of a wide range of conventionally implicated and expressive constructions in natural language via an extension of Potts's (2005) L_CI logic for supplementary conventional implicatures ...
Eric Scott McCready
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The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The alarm call sequences of titi monkeys (genera Plecturocebus, Callicebus and Cheracebus) have sparked important debates over whether they exhibit parallels with human language. Some researchers consider these sequences to involve both semantics and syntax, while others argue that the sequences convey semantic information without syntax.
Mélissa Berthet +2 more
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Cancelling the Maxim of Quantity: Another challenge for a Gricean theory of Scalar Implicatures
Semantics and Pragmatics, 2014 Grice (1975) pointed out that the ignorance inferences normally drawn when disjunctive sentences are uttered are cancelled when it is presupposed that speakers are not going to provide all of the relevant information that they have available (e.g., in ...
Danny Fox
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The governance of chemicals and nanomaterials presents a critical challenge, as significant uncertainties regarding safety and sustainability match their innovation potential. This creates a “knowledge‐to‐action” gap, hindering the practical implementation of safety and sustainability by design (SSbD) principles.
Mario Miozza +4 more
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