Meaning through language contrast. V.1 /

Meaning Through Language Contrast 1
Editorial page 2
Title page 2
LCC page 4
Table of contents 5
Acknowledgements 9
Editorial preface 11
References 12
Part I: Negation 13
Distributional restrictions on negative determiners 15
Summing up 38
Notes 39
References 40
Towards a comprehensive view of Negative Concord 41
General conclusion 53
Notes 53
References 54
Part II:Temporality 55
On temporal constructions involving counting from anchor points 57
Conclusion 69
Notes 70
References 71
On the semantics and pragmatics of situational anaphoric temporal locators in Portuguese and in English 73
Conclusions 85
References 85
Remarks on the semantics of eventualities with measure phrases in English and Romanian 87
Conclusions 111
Notes 112
References 112
The present perfect in English and in Catalan 113
Conclusion 124
Notes 124
Appendix: List of works used 125
Catalan theatre plays 125
English novels and films 126
References 126
A contrastive reading of temporal-aspectual morphemes in Swahili 129
Conclusions 136
Notes 136
References 137
Part III: Modality 139
Semantic and pragmatic constraints on mood selection 141
Final remarks 156
Notes 157
References 157
Dilemmas and excogitations: Further considerations on modality, clitics and discourse 159
Acknowledgments 184
Notes 184
References 184
Part IV: Evidentiality 187
Inferred evidence 189
Notes 203
References 203
Extension of meaning 205
Concluding remarks 225
Notes 226
References 229
Part V: Perspectives on eventualities 233
Information structure, argument structure, and typological variation 235
Summary 253
Notes 254
References 255
The network of demotion 257
Conclusion and further research 269
Notes 270
References 271
Valence change and the function of intransitive verbs in English and Japanese 273
Conclusion 284
Notes 285
References 286
The transitive/intransitive construction of events in Japanese and English discourse 289
Conclusions 300
List of abbreviations 300
Transcription conventions 301
Notes 301
References 301
Part VI: Topics in grammar and conceptualization 305
Towards a universal DRT model for the interpretation of directional PPs within a reference frame 307
Concluding remarks 316
Notes 316
References 316
The interaction of syntax and pragmatics 319
Conclusion 341
Notes 342
References 345
Constraint interaction at the semantics/pragmatics interface 347
Conclusions 364
References 364
Cross-language commutation tests and their application to an error-prone contrastive problem 367
Notes 378
References 379
Language index 383
Name index 385
Subject index 387
Contents of Volume 2 393
PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES 396