Detailed Information on Publication Record
2021
The degree nature of swarm-alternations: experimental evidence from Slovak
VLÁŠKOVÁ, LuciaBasic information
Original name
The degree nature of swarm-alternations: experimental evidence from Slovak
Authors
Edition
OLINCO 2021, 2021
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
References:
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
swarm-alternation; degree semantics; gradability; scalarity; Slovak; experimental study
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 2/3/2023 10:35, PhDr. Aleš Bičan, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
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.
Links
| MUNI/A/1288/2020, interní kód MU |
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