The meanings of have and the semantics/pragmatics interface

Depraetere, Ilse

Document type :

Partie d'ouvrage

DOI :

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

Title :

The meanings of have and the semantics/pragmatics interface

Author(s) :

Depraetere, Ilse [Auteur]

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

Scientific editor(s) :

Ilse Depraetere
Raphael Salkie

Book title :

Semantics and pragmatics. Drawing a line

Publisher :

Springer

Publication date :

2017

ISBN :

978-3-319-81233-5

English keyword(s) :

Non-finite have
Modal verbs
Saturation

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique

English abstract : [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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

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