The meanings of have and the semantics/pragmatics interface

Depraetere, Ilse

Type de document :

Partie d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1007/978-3-319-32247-6_16

Titre :

The meanings of have and the semantics/pragmatics interface

Auteur(s) :

Depraetere, Ilse [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Éditeur(s) ou directeur(s) scientifique(s) :

Ilse Depraetere
Raphael Salkie

Titre de l’ouvrage :

Semantics and pragmatics. Drawing a line

Éditeur :

Springer

Date de publication :

2017

ISBN :

978-3-319-81233-5

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Non-finite have
Modal verbs
Saturation

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique

Résumé en anglais : [en]

In this chapter, I analyse the contribution made by have to the meanings expressed in sentences with a (central) modal verb followed by a perfect infinitive. Four meanings are discussed: (a) have as a marker that locates ...
Lire la suite >In this chapter, I analyse the contribution made by have to the meanings expressed in sentences with a (central) modal verb followed by a perfect infinitive. Four meanings are discussed: (a) have as a marker that locates the possibility or necessity in the past; (b) have as a marker that establishes a relation of anteriority between the modal meaning (of possibility or necessity) and the situation referred to, (c) have as a marker of counterfactual meaning, (d) have as a marker of actualization. In the first part of the chapter an empirical overview is given. Drawing on the discussion in Chap. 2, I then address the question of how the role of the context should be captured, more specifically, whether it is saturation or free pragmatic enrichment that plays a role in bringing about the different meanings of non-finite have when it combines with a modal.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

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