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02253aam a2200349Mi 4500 001 4E7602A2C38A11E7B100357297128E48 003 SILO 005 20171107010627 008 161202t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0198701349 020 $a 9780198701347 020 $a 0198701357 020 $a 9780198701354 035 $a (OCoLC)1000435962 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d HUA $d GUA $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 4 $a P299 M6 L37 2017 100 1 $a Lassiter, Daniel, $e author. 245 10 $a Graded modality : $b qualitative and quantitative perspectives / $c Daniel Lassiter. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xix, 275 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a [Oxford Linguistics] 490 1 $a Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics ; $v 10 520 8 $a This book explores graded expressions of modality, a rich and underexplored source of insight into modal semantics. Studies on modal language to date have largely focussed on a small and non-representative subset of expressions, namely modal auxiliaries such as 'must', 'might', and 'ought'. Here, Daniel Lassiter argues that we should expand the conversation to include gradable modals such as 'more likely than', 'quite possible', and 'very good'. He provides an introduction to qualitative and degree semantics for graded meaning, using the Representational Theory of Measurement to expose the complementarity between these apparently opposed perspectives on gradation. The volume explores and expands the typology of scales among English adjectives and uses the result to shed light on the meanings of a variety of epistemic and deontic modals. It also demonstrates that modality is deeply intertwined with probability and expected value, connecting modal semantics with the cognitive science of uncertainty and choice. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272) and index. 650 0 $a Modality (Linguistics) 830 0 $a Oxford linguistics. 830 0 $a Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; $v 10. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180104061806.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4E7602A2C38A11E7B100357297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search