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On the implicational/non-implicational semantics of adjectives and adverbs occurring in an utterance which contains the information 'more than'

Authors :
Ivić Milka
Source :
Južnoslovenski Filolog, Vol 2007, Iss 63, Pp 7-10 (2007)
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for the Serbian Language, Belgrade, 2007.

Abstract

This paper considers Serbian adjectives and adverbs denoting qualification property Z in cases when they occur in an utterance of the type ’X is more Z than Y’. The author’s analysis makes it evident that, depending on the lexical meaning of the given adjective / adverb, Z either does, or does not imply that both the X and Y entities are qualified by it. She shows moreover how, by introducing the word još into his utterance, the speaker succeeds to attribute the property Z to both X and Y in spite of its non-implicational meaning.

Subjects

Subjects :
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091

Details

Language :
English, Russian, Serbian
ISSN :
0350185X
Volume :
2007
Issue :
63
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Južnoslovenski Filolog
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4517afb594c74f99823ed1635454a52b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2298/JFI0763007I