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Informationen zum Autor Luis Alonso-Ovalle is Associate Professor at McGill University. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics (2006) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his research focuses on natural language semantics and its interfaces with pragmatics. His published work in these areas includes articles in Natural Language Semantics, Journal of Semantics, and Linguistics and Philosophy.Paula Menéndez-Benito is a Marie Curie fellow at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics (2005) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her research focuses on natural language semantics and its interfaces with pragmatics and she has published articles in journals including Natural Language Semantics and the Journal of Semantics. Klappentext This book examines the semantics and pragmatics of determiners or pronouns that signal ignorance on the part of the speaker, such as Spanish algun. It offers novel empirical observations and important theoretical insights on epistemic indefinites and related topics such as modal free relatives, modified numerals, and epistemic modals. Zusammenfassung This book examines the semantics and pragmatics of determiners or pronouns that signal ignorance on the part of the speaker, such as Spanish algún. It offers novel empirical observations and important theoretical insights on epistemic indefinites and related topics such as modal free relatives, modified numerals, and epistemic modals. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Luis Alonso-Ovalle and Paula Menéndez-Benito: Epistemic indefinites: An overview Part I Extending the Empirical Landscape 2: Gennaro Chierchia and Hsiu-Chen Daphne Liao: Where do Chinese wh-items fit? 3: Anamaria F¿l¿ü: Romanian epistemic indefinites 4: Benjamin Slade: Sinhala epistemic indefinites with a certain je ne sais quoi 5: Benjamin Slade: A short history of English epistemic indefinites Part II Sources of Evidence, Epistemic Indefinites, and Epistemic Modals 6: Maria Aloni and Angelika Port: Epistemic indefinites and methods of identification 7: Lisa Matthewson: Evidential restrictions on epistemic modals Part III Specificity 8: Stefan Hinterwimmer and Carla Umbach: Grading and hedging by gewiss 9: Tania Ionin: Certain properties of certain indefinites: An experimental perspective Part IV Other Modal DPs 10: Cleo Condoravdi: Ignorance, indifference, and individuation in wh-ever 11: Rick Nouwen: Modified numerals: The epistemic effect 12: Kyle Rawlins: Indifference and scalar implicatures References Index ...
