Alyson Pitts
Biographic Data
| ID | 811010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alyson Pitts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alyson |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitts |
| SIGNATURE | PITTS A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring a 'Pragmatic Ambiguity' of Negation
This article explores a 'pragmatic ambiguity' of negation in English, first discussed by Horn (1985, 1989:Ch.6) in his appeal to an intuitive division between ordinary, 'descriptive' negation and marked, 'metalinguistic' uses of negation in everyday language. The main agenda is to better understand what such a pragmatic ambiguity of negation really amounts to: are there sufficient grounds to posit two types of negation, and what prevents Horn's p…
Exploring a 'Pragmatic Ambiguity' of Negation
This article explores a 'pragmatic ambiguity' of negation in English, first discussed by Horn (1985, 1989:Ch.6) in his appeal to an intuitive division between ordinary, 'descriptive' negation and marked, 'metalinguistic' uses of negation in everyday language. The main agenda is to better understand what such a pragmatic ambiguity of negation really amounts to: are there sufficient grounds to posit two types of negation, and what prevents Horn's p…
Exploring a 'Pragmatic Ambiguity' of Negation
This article explores a 'pragmatic ambiguity' of negation in English, first discussed by Horn (1985, 1989:Ch.6) in his appeal to an intuitive division between ordinary, 'descriptive' negation and marked, 'metalinguistic' uses of negation in everyday language. The main agenda is to better understand what such a pragmatic ambiguity of negation really amounts to: are there sufficient grounds to posit two types of negation, and what prevents Horn's p…
Ambiguity (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Negation (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Psychology (1 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (1 works)