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A cross-linguistic study of direct denial as a diagnostic for meaning types| old_uid | 12866 |
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| title | A cross-linguistic study of direct denial as a diagnostic for meaning types |
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| start_date | 2013/10/11 |
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| schedule | 11h-12h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | A |
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| summary | One of the diagnostics that has been used to identify different types of meanings and, ultimately, to test the distinction between so-called at-issue and projective content is direct denial, that is, the ability to say ?No? in response to a statement. The claim in the literature is that only at-issue content can be the target of direct denial, while projective content (which includes presuppositions and conventional implicatures) can only be indirectly denied. However, the theoretical literature does not make a case for possible variations within the subtypes of projective content (with the exception of non-restrictive relative clauses), and different kinds of denials are not taken into consideration. In this talk, I will present the results of an experiment testing the direct deniability of different meaning subtypes in English, Catalan and Spanish. It will be shown that the type of direct denial interacts with meaning type and that the heterogeneity of categories such as CIs leads to heterogeneity in felicity ratings, discussing theoretical implications as well. |
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| responsibles | Bel, Welby |
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