Swarm-alternations as degree constructions: Experimental evidence

VLÁŠKOVÁ, Lucia. Swarm-alternations as degree constructions: Experimental evidence. In 21st Szklarska Poręba Workshop. 2020.

Basic information

• Original name: Swarm-alternations as degree constructions: Experimental evidence
• Authors: VLÁŠKOVÁ, Lucia.
• Edition: 21st Szklarska Poręba Workshop, 2020.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60203 Linguistics
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): degree modifikace; degree sémantika; experiment; sémantika; slovenština; swarm-alternace; škála
• Keywords in English: degree; degree modification; degree semantics; experiment; semantics; scale; Slovak; swarm-alternation
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The swarm-alternation is a relation between sentences such as "Bees are swarming in the garden" and "The garden is swarming with bees". There are two major theories attempting to explain the underlying semantics: Dowty´s dynamic texture hypothesis and Hoeksema´s high-degree hypothesis. Following Hoeksema´s theory, we account for the swarm-alternation in terms of degree semantics. Two experiments were conducted on Slovak data testing the acceptability of the swarm-constructions with different modifiers. The aim of this study was to investigate the degree nature of the swarm-constructions, focusing on the type of scale involved.

Abstract (in Czech)

Swarm-alternace je vztah mezi větami typu "V zahradě bzučí včely" a "Zahrada bzučí včelami". Dvě popřední teorie, které se snaží objasnit ich sémantiku, jsou Dowtyho hypotéza dynamické textury a Hoeksemova high-degree hypotéza. Následujíc Hoeksemovu teorii považujeme swarm-alternace za degree konstrukce. Dva experimenty zaměřené na slovenský jazyk testovali přijatelnost swarm-konstrukcí s různými modifikátory. Cílem studie bylo přeskoumat degree podstatu swarm-konstrukcí se zaměřením na typ škály, kterou lexikalizují.