Margit Bowler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3851370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margit Bowler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margit |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowler |
| SIGNATURE | BOWLER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mention versus Action: Guiding safety policy for content related to harmful topics
As generative AI systems are integrated into high-stakes domains, designing safety policies that accurately distinguish harmful from harm-free content has become a central challenge. A natural starting point is the use/mention distinction from linguistics and philosophy of language: content that merely mentions a harmful topic is typically less harmful than content that uses it to express harm. However, we argue that this binary is insufficient a…
Some or Other: Partitive Disanaphors Across Languages
We present a cross-linguistically robust pattern of polyfunctionality between indefinite, partitive, and disanaphoric (‘another’) use of a single lexical item. In examining the connection between these different uses, we argue that a uniform semantics underlies all of them. We employ the salience theory of definiteness, with the specific implementation in a dynamic semantics with choice functions, to model the full spectrum of the attested uses w…
Gradability across grammatical domains
This paper argues that ordered abstract scales are applicable to analyses of a range of grammatical domains. We argue this based on data from a number of unrelated languages, primarily Logoori (Bantu, JE 41; Kenya). The Logoori verbkudokacan be translated into English as 'to arrive'/'to reach,' 'to be enough,' and 'must,' depending on its linguistic context. We propose that these meanings arise from a single semantic denotation that is sensitive …
The expression of modality in Logoori
This study presents a theoretically informed description of the expression of modality in Logoori (Luyia; Bantu). We document verbal and non-verbal modal expressions in Logoori, and show how these expressions fit into proposed typologies of modal systems (Kratzer, Angelika. 1981. The notional category of modality. In Hans-Jurgen Eikmeyer & Hannes Rieser (eds.), Words, worlds, and contexts: New approaches in word semantics , 38–74. Berlin: Mouton …
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The expression of modality in Logoori
This study presents a theoretically informed description of the expression of modality in Logoori (Luyia; Bantu). We document verbal and non-verbal modal expressions in Logoori, and show how these expressions fit into proposed typologies of modal systems (Kratzer, Angelika. 1981. The notional category of modality. In Hans-Jurgen Eikmeyer & Hannes Rieser (eds.), Words, worlds, and contexts: New approaches in word semantics , 38–74. Berlin: Mouton …
Gradability across grammatical domains
This paper argues that ordered abstract scales are applicable to analyses of a range of grammatical domains. We argue this based on data from a number of unrelated languages, primarily Logoori (Bantu, JE 41; Kenya). The Logoori verbkudokacan be translated into English as 'to arrive'/'to reach,' 'to be enough,' and 'must,' depending on its linguistic context. We propose that these meanings arise from a single semantic denotation that is sensitive …
Some or Other: Partitive Disanaphors Across Languages
We present a cross-linguistically robust pattern of polyfunctionality between indefinite, partitive, and disanaphoric (‘another’) use of a single lexical item. In examining the connection between these different uses, we argue that a uniform semantics underlies all of them. We employ the salience theory of definiteness, with the specific implementation in a dynamic semantics with choice functions, to model the full spectrum of the attested uses w…
Mention versus Action: Guiding safety policy for content related to harmful topics
As generative AI systems are integrated into high-stakes domains, designing safety policies that accurately distinguish harmful from harm-free content has become a central challenge. A natural starting point is the use/mention distinction from linguistics and philosophy of language: content that merely mentions a harmful topic is typically less harmful than content that uses it to express harm. However, we argue that this binary is insufficient a…
Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Bantu languages (2 works) · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (2 works) · Modal verb (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Verb (2 works) · Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning (1 works)