Denotation and Implicature of Distributivity

• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: Yoon-kyoung Joh
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』영어학연구 제16권 3호, 95~114쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.04.03

영문 초록

Landman (2000) reduces distributivity to plurality mostly from the semantic point of view. This paper fundamentally points out that distributivity amounts to plurality not only at the semantic level but also at the pragmatic level. First, sorting out several plausible interpretations associated with distributivity, I spell out the denotation and implicature of distributivity. Thoroughly understanding distributivity at two different levels of interpretation, I further discuss that the denotation and implicature of distributivity reveal parallel patterns with those of plurality. Just like plurality forms a strength scale with singularity, distributivity forms a strength scale with collectivity. On the basis of the scale, the implicature of distributivity is arrived at by subtracting the denotation of collectivity from the denotation of distributivity. This is the same process how the implicature of plurality is derived. Noting the intriguing parallelism, I confirm the fact that Landman introduces to the grammar, i.e., distributivity amounts to plurality.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Landman's Claim

3. Semantics and Pragmatics of Plurality

4. Denotation and Implicature of Distributivity

5. Conclusion

키워드

distributivity collectivity plurality denotation implicature