Parenthetical Meaning

Todor Koev investigates the semantics and pragmatics of a representative sample of parenthetical constructions from three theoretical viewpoints. He argues that these constructions fall into two major classes, pure and impure, and explains parenthetical meaning through a formally precise and predictive dynamic model.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Illocutionary effects


• 3: Scopal properties


• 4: Discourse status


• 5: Formal account


• Appendix


• References

About the author

Todor Koev is Emmy Noether Fellow at the University of Konstanz. He obtained his PhD in Linguistics from Rutgers University in 2013, after which he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Stuttgart and a Visiting Scholar at MIT. His work has been published in journals such as Linguistics and Philosophy and Journal of Semantics.

Summary

Todor Koev investigates the semantics and pragmatics of a representative sample of parenthetical constructions from three theoretical viewpoints. He argues that these constructions fall into two major classes, pure and impure, and explains parenthetical meaning through a formally precise and predictive dynamic model.

Additional text

This book represents a noteworthy scholarly achievement that not only offers a lasting contribution to the field, but also serves as an excellent entry point for junior researchers exploring the semantics and pragmatics of parentheticals.

Product details

• Authors: Todor Koev, Todor (Emmy Noether Fellow Koev
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780198869535
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886953-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics