Dimension Accessibility as a Predictor of Morphological Gradability

Galit W. Sassoon

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Dimension Accessibility as a Predictor of Morphological Gradability

Galit W. Sassoon

Department of English Literature and Linguistics

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Abstract

Existing formal theories represent the interpretations of gradable predicates in terms of single scalar dimensions. This paper presents a new approach, which aims to cover morphological gradability in multidimensional adjectives and nouns. Following psychological theories, nouns are assumed to be associated with dimension sets, like adjectives. Degree constructions are proposed to involve quantification on dimensions. This approach correlates the acceptability of a given noun or adjective in comparison constructions with its type of characteristic categorization criterion (i.e., whether, as a default, its dimensions combine into a single criterion via quantifiers or other operations). A preliminary study confirms the predicted correlation. Directions for future research are proposed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Language, Cognition, and Mind
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	291-325
Number of pages	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45977-6_12
State	Published - 2017

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Name	Language, Cognition, and Mind
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	2364-4109
ISSN (Electronic)	2364-4117

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Acknowledgements Many thanks for the financial support by a Grant from the GIF, the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development. Special thanks also to the editors, James Hampton and Yoad Winter, for the inspiring workshop and very useful comments.

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German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

Keywords

Degree Morpheme
Dimensional Exclusion
Exception Phrases
Morzycki
Size Adjectives

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