Henk Zeevat
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 811520 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Henk Zeevat |
| PRENOMES | Henk |
| SOBRENOME | Zeevat |
| ASSINATURA | ZEEVAT H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Studies in Discourse Representation Theory and the Theory of Generalized Quantifiers
Objection marking and additivity
Empirical constraints on accounts of Too
History and grammaticalisation of "doch"/"toch"
The paper investigates the origins of the German/Dutch particle toch/doch) in the hope of shedding light on a puzzle with respect to doch/toch and to shed some light on two theoretical issues. The puzzle is the nearly opposite meaning of the stressed and unstressed versions of the particle which cannot be accounted for in standard theories of the meaning of stress. One theoretical issue concerns the meaning of stress: whether it is possible to re…
Optimality-theoretic pragmatics
The article aims to give an overview about the application of Optimality Theory (OT) to the domain of pragmatics. In the introductory part we discuss different ways to view the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. Rejecting the doctrine of literal meaning we conform to (i) semantic underdetermination and (ii) contextualism (the idea that the mechanism of pragmatic interpretation is crucial both for determining what the speaker says…
Freezing and marking
This article shows that word-order freezing is not an adequate application of bidirectional optimality theory and that what it attempts to account for presents a problem for bidirectional optimality theory. Max(X) constraints allow moderate bidirectionality within a monodirectional production-oriented optimality theory and give better results on freezing. Since freezing is the only argument for bidirectional syntax that is syntactic in nature, th…
Asher on discourse topic
Optimality Theory and Pragmatics
Perspectives on dialogue in the new millennium
Discourse Particles as Speech Act Markers
Eine Reihe von Diskurspartikeln werden mit dem Ziel analysiert, die Rolle, die sie bei der Markierung von Sprechakten spielen konnen, zu erklaren. Die Analyse verwendet eine optimalitatstheoretische Rekonstruktion der Prasuppositionstheorie.
The Asymmetry of Optimality Theoretic Syntax and Semantics
This paper argues for a combination of semantics and syntax in an optimality theoretic framework that avoids the rat/rad problem and provides simultaneously a certain amount of bidirectionality, in the spirit of Blutner, for an approach to ineffability. It can be succinctly described as taking the program of optimality theoretic syntax as basic, also as a theory of interpretation, and extending it with a bidirectional pragmatic component that is …
Demonstratives in discourse
There are two influential theories that deal with the role of the context in determining the meaning of sentences: Kaplan's logic of demonstratives and Kamp's discourse representation theory. How Kaplan would deal with the donkey sentences must remain a matter of speculation, but there is an obvious and reasonable answer to the question of how demonstratives should be handled within discourse representation theory. The latter question is addresse…
Le mécanisme des relations de réplique
H. Zeevat, Université d'Amsterdam : « Le mécanisme des relations de réplique » The paper discusses the laws by which the counterpart relation between objects in the world and the « objects » in the mind of a person (or between the « objects » in the mind of a person A and those in the mind of a person B) evolve under the influence of communication and perception. The results of this investigation are combined with a recent theory of presuppositio…
Presupposition and Accommodation in Update Semantics
A reconstruction is presented of van der Sandt's theory of presupposition in the framework of update semantics and extended to belief sentences. The resulting view is confronted with earlier approaches to presupposition (especially Heim's) in update semantics, concentrating on the approach to accommodation. It is shown in some detail that the anaphoric view of presupposition can be maintained for only a subclass of presuppositional triggers and m…
Presupposition and Accommodation in Update Semantics
A reconstruction is presented of van der Sandt's theory of presupposition in the framework of update semantics and extended to belief sentences. The resulting view is confronted with earlier approaches to presupposition (especially Heim's) in update semantics, concentrating on the approach to accommodation. It is shown in some detail that the anaphoric view of presupposition can be maintained for only a subclass of presuppositional triggers and m…
Le mécanisme des relations de réplique
H. Zeevat, Université d'Amsterdam : « Le mécanisme des relations de réplique » The paper discusses the laws by which the counterpart relation between objects in the world and the « objects » in the mind of a person (or between the « objects » in the mind of a person A and those in the mind of a person B) evolve under the influence of communication and perception. The results of this investigation are combined with a recent theory of presuppositio…
Demonstratives in discourse
There are two influential theories that deal with the role of the context in determining the meaning of sentences: Kaplan's logic of demonstratives and Kamp's discourse representation theory. How Kaplan would deal with the donkey sentences must remain a matter of speculation, but there is an obvious and reasonable answer to the question of how demonstratives should be handled within discourse representation theory. The latter question is addresse…
Discourse Particles as Speech Act Markers
Eine Reihe von Diskurspartikeln werden mit dem Ziel analysiert, die Rolle, die sie bei der Markierung von Sprechakten spielen konnen, zu erklaren. Die Analyse verwendet eine optimalitatstheoretische Rekonstruktion der Prasuppositionstheorie.
The Asymmetry of Optimality Theoretic Syntax and Semantics
This paper argues for a combination of semantics and syntax in an optimality theoretic framework that avoids the rat/rad problem and provides simultaneously a certain amount of bidirectionality, in the spirit of Blutner, for an approach to ineffability. It can be succinctly described as taking the program of optimality theoretic syntax as basic, also as a theory of interpretation, and extending it with a bidirectional pragmatic component that is …
Optimality Theory and Pragmatics
Perspectives on dialogue in the new millennium
Asher on discourse topic
Freezing and marking
This article shows that word-order freezing is not an adequate application of bidirectional optimality theory and that what it attempts to account for presents a problem for bidirectional optimality theory. Max(X) constraints allow moderate bidirectionality within a monodirectional production-oriented optimality theory and give better results on freezing. Since freezing is the only argument for bidirectional syntax that is syntactic in nature, th…
History and grammaticalisation of "doch"/"toch"
The paper investigates the origins of the German/Dutch particle toch/doch) in the hope of shedding light on a puzzle with respect to doch/toch and to shed some light on two theoretical issues. The puzzle is the nearly opposite meaning of the stressed and unstressed versions of the particle which cannot be accounted for in standard theories of the meaning of stress. One theoretical issue concerns the meaning of stress: whether it is possible to re…
Optimality-theoretic pragmatics
The article aims to give an overview about the application of Optimality Theory (OT) to the domain of pragmatics. In the introductory part we discuss different ways to view the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. Rejecting the doctrine of literal meaning we conform to (i) semantic underdetermination and (ii) contextualism (the idea that the mechanism of pragmatic interpretation is crucial both for determining what the speaker says…
Objection marking and additivity
Empirical constraints on accounts of Too
Studies in Discourse Representation Theory and the Theory of Generalized Quantifiers
Philosophy (12 obras) · Linguistics (11 obras) · Computer Science (10 obras) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 obras) · Epistemology (6 obras) · linguistics and terminology studies (3 obras) · Pragmatics (3 obras) · Presupposition (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (2 obras)