The Progressive in Modal Semantics  

Oleh:

Portner, Paul H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language (ada di JSTOR) vol. 74 no. 4 (1998), page 760-787.
Fulltext: Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 760-787.pdf (3.43MB)

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This article presents a semantic analysis of the English progressive as an intensional operator within the framework of modal semantics proposed by Kratzer. This treatment allows a combina- tion of the central idea of Dowty's influential analysis, that the progressive's meaning has a major modal component, with the insights of other scholars (Parsons, Vlach, and Landman). My claim is that using a more sophisticated background theory of modality allows natural solutions for the problems raised for the modal account.*

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