Title The semantics of evaluativity / Jessica Rett.

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Description	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
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Series	Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 54
	Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 54.
Summary	This volume focuses on the semantic phenomenon of evaluativity in sentences such as John is tall and its consequences across constructions. It proposes an account based on assumptions that speakers and hearers make about the relationship between the simplicity of a situation and the simplicity of the language used to describe that situation.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Connotation (Linguistics)
	Connotation (Linguistics)
	Pragmatics.
	Pragmatics.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version 9780199602476
ISBN	9780191779756 (ebook)
	019177975X (ebook)
	9780191019432
	0191019437
	9780199602476 (print)
	0199602476
	9780199602483
	0199602484