TY - CONF
T1 - On “lightly” and “playfully” and other such manners
AU - Goldschmidt, Anja
PY - 2014/2/1
Y1 - 2014/2/1
N2 - A lot of research has been done on adjectives, their meaning, their behaviour in modification
and their gradability (e.g. Kennedy & McNally, 2005; Sassoon, 2012). Research on adverbs
is comparatively sparse (though see e.g. Jackendoff, 1972; Geuder, 2000; Piñón, 2007).
In this paper, I will present some data from work in progress that call for a fine-grained
analysis of adverbs and their behaviour during modification. I will draw a connection to
Sassoon’s 2012 typology of multidimensional adjectives (e.g. sick, healthy) and formulate a
couple of linguistic tests to show that the distinction multidimensional vs onedimensional can
be extended to adverbs. For example, while to hit someone playfully gets a reading similar to
that of to hit someone lightly, this reading can be cancelled in the case of playfully, but not in
the case of lightly.
The paper will finish with the formulation of several precise research questions, designed to
find a way to formalise these findings in a model of modification.
AB - A lot of research has been done on adjectives, their meaning, their behaviour in modification
and their gradability (e.g. Kennedy & McNally, 2005; Sassoon, 2012). Research on adverbs
is comparatively sparse (though see e.g. Jackendoff, 1972; Geuder, 2000; Piñón, 2007).
In this paper, I will present some data from work in progress that call for a fine-grained
analysis of adverbs and their behaviour during modification. I will draw a connection to
Sassoon’s 2012 typology of multidimensional adjectives (e.g. sick, healthy) and formulate a
couple of linguistic tests to show that the distinction multidimensional vs onedimensional can
be extended to adverbs. For example, while to hit someone playfully gets a reading similar to
that of to hit someone lightly, this reading can be cancelled in the case of playfully, but not in
the case of lightly.
The paper will finish with the formulation of several precise research questions, designed to
find a way to formalise these findings in a model of modification.
KW - semantics
KW - adverbs
KW - modification
UR - https://anjagoldschmidt.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/tindag2014-presentation-goldschmidt.pdf
M3 - Paper
T2 - TiN Dag 2014
Y2 - 1 February 2014 through 1 February 2014
ER -