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The Grammar of Expressivity Daniel Gutzmann (Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, University of Cologne)

The Grammar of Expressivity By Daniel Gutzmann (Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, University of Cologne)

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This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language. Based on case studies of expressive adjectives, intensifiers, and vocatives, it offers a new analysis of expressivity that bridges the gap between semantic and syntactic accounts, and shows that expressivity is a syntactic feature and not a purely semantic phenomenon.

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The Grammar of Expressivity by Daniel Gutzmann (Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, University of Cologne)

This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language, that is, utterances that express, rather than describe, the emotions and attitudes of the speaker. While the expressive function of natural language has been widely studied in recent years, the role that grammar plays in the interpretation of expressive items has been largely neglected in the semantic and pragmatic literature. Daniel Gutzmann demonstrates that expressivity has strong syntactic reflexes that interact with the semantic and pragmatic interpretation of these utterances, and argues that expressivity is in fact a syntactic feature on a par with other established features such as tense and gender. Evidence for this claim is drawn from three detailed case studies of expressive adjectives, intensifiers, and vocatives; their puzzling properties are accounted for through a minimalist approach to syntactic features and agreement, which shows that expressivity can partake in agreement operations, trigger movement, and be selected for syntactically. The analysis not only supports the hypothesis of expressive syntax, but also highlights the hidden role that grammar may play in phenomena that are traditionally considered to be solely semantic in nature.

About Daniel Gutzmann (Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, University of Cologne)

Daniel Gutzmann is Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics at the University of Cologne. His research interests are semantics, pragmatics, and syntax with a particular special focus on the interaction between them. He has worked on a range of topics including particles, verum focus, and quotation, and is a leading expert on expressive language. He is the author of Use-Conditional Meaning: Studies in Multidimensional Semantics (OUP, 2015) and co-editor of several volumes in the series Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface (CRiSPI, Brill).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of tables and figures List of abbreviations, symbols, and typographic conventions 1: Introduction 2: The expressive function of language 3: Syntax, features, and agreement 4: Expressive adjectives 5: Expressive intensifiers 6: Expressive vocatives 7: Looking back and looking ahead References Index

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CIN0198812132G
9780198812135
0198812132
The Grammar of Expressivity by Daniel Gutzmann (Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, Senior Lecturer in German Linguistics, University of Cologne)
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