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This book provides a new take on the longstanding puzzle of intervention effects in questions, whereby specific scopal expressions block the interpretation of wh-elements when they occupy a particular position in the semantic representation.
Its central argument is that intervention effects are not a homogeneous phenomenon with a uniform underlying structure mapped to a single interpretive mechanism. Rather, they have distinct sources—a distinction that, to date, has not been systematically made in the study of intervention. The work distinguishes two types of intervention: one stemming from focus-based interpretation failure and another rooted in topicality constraints. Consequently, it proposes a new typology that clarifies the field and paves the way for future cross-linguistic research.
Semanticists, syntacticians, pragmatics researchers, and experts in logic and the philosophy of language will find this book illuminating.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781041219972
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-041-21997-2
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.08.2026
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2026
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 530 g
- Seiten: 202
- Format (B x H): 156 x 234 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt