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Document type :
Article dans une revue scientifique
DOI :
10.1075/cf.8.1.02cap
Title :
Short-circuited interpretations of modal verb constructions
Author(s) :
Cappelle, Bert [Auteur] refId
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Depraetere, Ilse [Auteur] refId
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Journal title :
Constructions and Frames
Pages :
7 - 39
Publisher :
John Benjamins
Publication date :
2016
ISSN :
1876-1933
English keyword(s) :
modal meaning
semantics-pragmatics interface
short-circuited implicature
modal verb constructions
saturation
language humour
The Simpsons
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
English abstract : [en]
In this paper we aim to show how distinct semantic and pragmatic layers of modal interpretation can be fruitfully integrated within a constructionist approach. We discuss in detail a number of cases from the Simpsons where ...
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In this paper we aim to show how distinct semantic and pragmatic layers of modal interpretation can be fruitfully integrated within a constructionist approach. We discuss in detail a number of cases from the Simpsons where a modal verb, as part of a longer expression, has a short-circuited interpretation, that is, where it is conventionally associated with a context-specific modal semantic value and, in some cases, with added pragmatic information. Short-circuitedness is evidenced by the humorous effect that is obtained when a character wilfully or unknowingly ignores standard aspects of interpretation of such a modal verb construction.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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