Michela Ippolito
Biographic Data
| ID | 1715840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michela Ippolito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michela |
| FAMILY NAME | Ippolito |
| SIGNATURE | IPPOLITO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2609-5832 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What’s in an X-marked conditional: A temporal puzzle
The Hell With Questions
We discuss previous proposals for the semantics of wh-the-hell questions (domain widening theories and domain restriction theories), highlighting the challenges these accounts face in trying to explain the different properties of wh-the-hell questions and capture the contribution this expression makes to the semantics of the question. We review the semantic properties of wh-the-hell questions discussed in the literature and propose a new analysis…
Assessing alternatives: The case of the presumptive future in Italian
The Contribution of Gestures to the Semantics of Non-Canonical Questions
The symbolic gesture MAT (mano a tulipano) used by native speakers of Italian characterizes non-canonical wh questions when used both as a co-speech and pro-speech gesture. MAT can be executed with either a fast tempo contour or a slow tempo contour. Tempo is semantically significant: descriptively, a fast tempo characterizes a biased but information-seeking non-canonical question; a slow tempo characterizes a rhetorical non-canonical question. I…
How similar is similar enough
I investigate the issue of the context-dependence of counterfactual conditionals and how the context constrains similarity in selecting the right set of worlds necessary to arrive at the correct truth-conditions. I propose that similarity is constrained by what I call Consistency and Non-Triviality. Assuming a model of the discourse along the lines proposed by Roberts (2012) and Büring (2003), according to which conversational moves are answers t…
A Note on Embedded Implicatures and Counterfactual Presuppositions
Journal Article A Note on Embedded Implicatures and Counterfactual Presuppositions Get access Michela Ippolito Michela Ippolito University of Toronto Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Semantics, Volume 28, Issue 2, May 2011, Pages 267–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/ffq019 Published: 20 October 2010 Article history Received: 01 February 2010 Revision received: 27 March 2010 Revision received: 09 …
Embedded Implicatures? Remarks on the debate between globalist and localist theories
Geurts & Pouscoulous (2009) present experimental evidence that embedded implicatures are not systematically available and conclude that localist theories of implicatures cannot be maintained. I argue that this conclusion can be strengthened by showing that their findings cannot be reconciled with a localist theory even when the latter is supplemented with a formal way to predict when an embedded implicature will be preferred, as suggested in Chie…
On the Meaning of Only
This paper investigates the semantics of the focus particle only and is primarily concerned with the relation between the exclusive proposition and the proposition expressed by the prejacent (the only-less sentence). We argue that, in a sentence of the form only A is B, only triggers the conditional presupposition that if something is B, A is B. We show that in a positive-only sentence, the prejacent is a conversational implicature and therefore …
On the meaning of some focus-sensitive particles
Presuppositions and Implicatures in Counterfactuals
Presuppositions and Implicatures in Counterfactuals
On the Meaning of Only
This paper investigates the semantics of the focus particle only and is primarily concerned with the relation between the exclusive proposition and the proposition expressed by the prejacent (the only-less sentence). We argue that, in a sentence of the form only A is B, only triggers the conditional presupposition that if something is B, A is B. We show that in a positive-only sentence, the prejacent is a conversational implicature and therefore …
On the meaning of some focus-sensitive particles
Embedded Implicatures? Remarks on the debate between globalist and localist theories
Geurts & Pouscoulous (2009) present experimental evidence that embedded implicatures are not systematically available and conclude that localist theories of implicatures cannot be maintained. I argue that this conclusion can be strengthened by showing that their findings cannot be reconciled with a localist theory even when the latter is supplemented with a formal way to predict when an embedded implicature will be preferred, as suggested in Chie…
A Note on Embedded Implicatures and Counterfactual Presuppositions
Journal Article A Note on Embedded Implicatures and Counterfactual Presuppositions Get access Michela Ippolito Michela Ippolito University of Toronto Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Semantics, Volume 28, Issue 2, May 2011, Pages 267–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/ffq019 Published: 20 October 2010 Article history Received: 01 February 2010 Revision received: 27 March 2010 Revision received: 09 …
How similar is similar enough
I investigate the issue of the context-dependence of counterfactual conditionals and how the context constrains similarity in selecting the right set of worlds necessary to arrive at the correct truth-conditions. I propose that similarity is constrained by what I call Consistency and Non-Triviality. Assuming a model of the discourse along the lines proposed by Roberts (2012) and Büring (2003), according to which conversational moves are answers t…
The Contribution of Gestures to the Semantics of Non-Canonical Questions
The symbolic gesture MAT (mano a tulipano) used by native speakers of Italian characterizes non-canonical wh questions when used both as a co-speech and pro-speech gesture. MAT can be executed with either a fast tempo contour or a slow tempo contour. Tempo is semantically significant: descriptively, a fast tempo characterizes a biased but information-seeking non-canonical question; a slow tempo characterizes a rhetorical non-canonical question. I…
Assessing alternatives: The case of the presumptive future in Italian
The Hell With Questions
We discuss previous proposals for the semantics of wh-the-hell questions (domain widening theories and domain restriction theories), highlighting the challenges these accounts face in trying to explain the different properties of wh-the-hell questions and capture the contribution this expression makes to the semantics of the question. We review the semantic properties of wh-the-hell questions discussed in the literature and propose a new analysis…
What’s in an X-marked conditional: A temporal puzzle
Computer Science (9 works) · Linguistics (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Counterfactual conditional (3 works) · Counterfactual thinking (3 works) · History (3 works)