The "one-commitment-per-clause" principle and the cognitive status of qualificational categories

Bibliographic Data

ID3988972
AuthorsJoseph Nuyts (0000-0001-7195-6550, University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Jan Nuyts
Year2009
Volume47
Issue1
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2009.005
OpenAlexW2034370185
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited9

Combinations of performative deontic, epistemic and evidential expressions in a clause appear to be very rare in language. This article presents facts to this effect on the basis of Dutch corpus data, and attempts to explain them. The aim is to contribute to the understanding of the cognitive status of the semantic notions involved, and more generally of the phenomenon called "tense-aspect-modality marking" or the "qualification of states of affairs" in language. In particular, the aim is to contribute to current theorizing on the hierarchical nature of qualifications and the position of this hierarchical system in a cognitive language model

Cognition · Cognitive linguistics · Deontic logic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Modality (human–computer interaction) · Performative utterance · Phenomenon · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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