Syntax in the treetops /
A syntactic analysis of and solution to the semantic problem: how can speakers convey the same meaning using different speech acts?
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Linguistic inquiry monographs ;
84. |
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Table of Contents:
- Setting the stage
- The SAP and the politeness f-feature
- The SAP, CommitP, and sentence final particles
- Is the judgment phrase needed? A view from topicalization
- Questions and the commitment phrase
- Concluding thoughts: The uniqueness of human language.