Hope Does Not Mean Wish

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Mean-Young Song(송민영)
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제97호, 111~138쪽, 전체 28쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.03.30

국문 초록

Exploring the semantics of English desiderative predicates such as hope , wish , and want , this paper argues that two aspects should be considered for the proper semantic analysis of them. One is that desiderative predicates are involved in expressing different types of preferences or desires, depending on the context of use. The context-dependent characteristics can be accounted for not in terms of the semantics of propositional attitudes, a traditional semantic analysis of desideratives in the field of formal semantics, but rather in terms of Kratzer’s (1991) context-dependent approach to modality. The other aspect is that in contrast to doxastic modals, buletic modals might be used even in the situation where the agent has contradictory desires. In order to account for this, this paper proposes an alternative semantic approach to the desideratives, departing from doxastic modality. This is how we can explain their occurrence in such a conflicting situation.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Reviews of the Previous Works on Desideratives

3. Semantic Characteristics of Hope , Want , and Wish

4. Patterns of Desires Expressed by Hope , Wish , and Want

5. Semantic Interpretations of Desideratives

6. Conclusion

키워드

alternative semantics buletic desiderative predicates desire modal base ordering sources propositional attitudes