{"product_id":"pragmatic-aspects-of-scalar-modifiers-osamu-sawada-9780198714224","title":"Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers: The Semantics-Pragmatics Interface","description":"This volume examines the meaning of scalar modifiers - expressions such as\u003cem\u003e more than\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ea bit\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003emuch\u003c\/em\u003e - from the standpoint of the interface between semantics and pragmatics. In natural language, scalar expressions such as comparatives, intensifiers, and minimizers are used for measuring an object or event at a semantic level. However, cross-linguistically scalar modifiers can often be used to express a range of subjective feelings or discourse pragmatic information at the level of conventional implicature (CI). For example, in English \u003cem\u003emore than anything\u003c\/em\u003e can signal the degree of importance of the given utterance, and in Japanese the minimizer \u003cem\u003echotto\u003c\/em\u003e 'a bit' can weaken the degree of imposition of the speech act. In this book, Osamu Sawada draws on data from Japanese and a range of other languages to explore the dual-use phenomenon of scalar modifiers: he claims that although semantic scalar meanings and CI scalar meanings are logically different, the relationship between the two makes it crucial to examine them both together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume provides a new perspective on the semantic-pragmatics interface, and will be of interest to researchers and students of Japanese linguistics, semantics and pragmatics, and theoretical linguistics more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Osamu Sawada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019871422X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198714224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Osamu Sawada","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424981074175,"sku":"9780198714224","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29aff63e-dcc3-44ba-82c5-2698b2efc1ac.jpg?v=1761536178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pragmatic-aspects-of-scalar-modifiers-osamu-sawada-9780198714224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}