Vecsey, Zoltán (2013) Epistemic modals : A cross-theoretical approach. Language and Dialogue, 3 (3). pp. 422-436. ISSN 22104119
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Abstract
In recent years, the standard account of epistemic modal discourse has been criticized from two directions. Expressivists and dynamic semanticists argue that simple epistemic modal sentences should be understood as non-truth-conditional. Relativists hold that the truth values of epistemic modal sentences are determined by the features of their contexts of assessment. I argue below that one can integrate the core insights of these critical stances without falling into contradiction.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | epistemic modals, non-truth-conditional frameworks, semantic relativism, meaning, content, integration |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > P0 Philology. Linguistics / filológia, nyelvészet |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Csilla Rákosi |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2014 16:05 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2014 22:37 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/8534 |
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