Temporal and propositional de se

Evidence from Romanian subjunctive mood

Bibliographic Data

ID19513422
AuthorsAdrian Brasoveanu (0000-0001-8488-1113, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume44
Issue1
Pages55-70
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueZAS Papers in Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1435-9588 • E-ISSN: 1435-9588
PublisherUniversity Library J. C. Senckenberg (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.21248/zaspil.44.2006.300
OpenAlexW2121002574
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

The paper investigates the interpretation of the Romanian subjunctive B (subjB) mood when it is embedded under the propositional attitude verb crede (believe). SubjB is analyzed as a single package of three distinct presuppositions: temporal de se, dissociation and propositional de se. I show that subjB is the temporal analogue of null PRO in the individual domain: it allows only for a de se reading. Dissociation enables us to show that subjB always takes scope over a negation embedded in a belief report. Propositional de se derives this empirical generalization. The introduction of centered propositions (generalizing centered worlds), together with propositional de se, dissociation and the belief 'introspection' principles, derives the fact that subjB belief reports (unlike their indicative counterparts) are infelicitous with embedded probabil

Epistemology · Intermediate logic · Linguistics · Negation · Presupposition · Proposition · Propositional calculus · Propositional formula · Propositional variable · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence