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OverviewThe author integrates, expands, and deepens his previous publications about irregular (or “metalinguistic”) negations. A total of ten distinct negatives—several previously unclassified—are analyzed. The logically irregular negations deny different implicatures of their root. All are partially non-compositional but completely conventional. The author argues that two of the irregular negative meanings are implicatures. The others are semantically rather than pragmatically ambiguous. Since their ambiguity is neither lexical nor structural, direct irregular negatives satisfy the standard definition of idioms as syntactically complex expressions whose meaning is non-compositional. Unlike stereotypical idioms, idiomatic negatives lack fixed syntactic forms and are highly compositional. The final chapter analyzes other “free form” idioms, including irregular interrogatives and comparatives, self-restricted verb phrases, numerical verb phrases, and transparent propositional attitude and speech act reports. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wayne A. DavisPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Volume: 6 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 5.095kg ISBN: 9789402413762ISBN 10: 9402413766 Pages: 317 Publication Date: 22 April 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter 1. Irregular Negatives.- Chapter 2. Implicature.- Chapter 3. Irregular Negative Conventions.- Chapter 4. Implicature Theories.- Chapter 5. Pragmatic Explicature Theories.- Chapter 6. Free-Form Idiom Theory.- Chapter 7. Other Free-Form Idioms.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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