Actuality inferences causality, aspect, and modality

"Investigates the phenomenon of actuality inferences, in which claims of ability are interpreted as descriptions of actual events, instead of as descriptions of potentiality or possibility. The findings contribute to a growing body of research in which computational models serve as an analytic...

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1. Verfasser: Nadathur, Prerna (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York, NY Oxford University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics 15
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Zusammenfassung:"Investigates the phenomenon of actuality inferences, in which claims of ability are interpreted as descriptions of actual events, instead of as descriptions of potentiality or possibility. The findings contribute to a growing body of research in which computational models serve as an analytic tool for lexical and compositional semantics."
Beschreibung:ix, 298 Seiten
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ISBN:9780192849885
978-0-19-284988-5