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?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miyagawa, Shigeru (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2022].
Series:Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 84.
Subjects:
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.