Verbs of deception, point of view and polarity

Jacob Hoeksema

doi:10.21248/hpsg.2021.2

Verbs of deception, point of view and polarity

Jacob Hoeksema^*

^*Corresponding author voor dit werk

Onderzoeksoutput › Academic

127 Downloads (Pure)

Samenvatting

The Dutch and German verbs wijsmaken/weismachen 'make wise' have an idiomatic interpretation as verbs of deception 'to fool'. As such, they have the unusual property of being contrafactive (presupposing the falsity of their complement). With second person or generic pronoun subjects, under negation and with future orientation, they are used to express disbelief on the part of the entity denoted by the indirect object. A corpus study shows this secondary use to be especially prominent in Dutch. It depends on the availability of the point of view of experiencer and is most common with first person dative objects.

Originele taal-2	English
Titel	Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Redacteuren	Stefan Müller, Nurit Melnik
Uitgeverij	Frankfurt/Main: University Library
Pagina's	26-46
Aantal pagina's	21
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2021.2
Status	Published - 26-okt.-2021
Evenement	28th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar - Online, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Duur: 28-jul.-2021 → 30-jul.-2021

Conference

Conference	28th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Land/Regio	Germany
Stad	Frankfurt/Main
Periode	28/07/2021 → 30/07/2021

Toegang tot document

10.21248/hpsg.2021.2Licentie: CC BY

Verbs of deception, point of view and polarityFinal publisher's version, 242 KBLicentie: CC BY

Handle.net

Permanente koppeling

Citeer dit

@inproceedings{0c365a1bb0234c30b5c58385e0f800fe,

title = "Verbs of deception, point of view and polarity",

abstract = "The Dutch and German verbs wijsmaken/weismachen 'make wise' have an idiomatic interpretation as verbs of deception 'to fool'. As such, they have the unusual property of being contrafactive (presupposing the falsity of their complement). With second person or generic pronoun subjects, under negation and with future orientation, they are used to express disbelief on the part of the entity denoted by the indirect object. A corpus study shows this secondary use to be especially prominent in Dutch. It depends on the availability of the point of view of experiencer and is most common with first person dative objects.",

author = "Jacob Hoeksema",

year = "2021",

month = oct,

day = "26",

doi = "10.21248/hpsg.2021.2",

language = "English",

pages = "26--46",

editor = "Stefan M{\"u}ller and Nurit Melnik",

booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar",

publisher = "Frankfurt/Main: University Library",

note = "28th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar ; Conference date: 28-07-2021 Through 30-07-2021",

}

Hoeksema, J 2021, Verbs of deception, point of view and polarity. in S Müller & N Melnik (uitgave), Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Frankfurt/Main: University Library, blz. 26-46, 28th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 28/07/2021. https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2021.2

TY - GEN

T1 - Verbs of deception, point of view and polarity

AU - Hoeksema, Jacob

PY - 2021/10/26

Y1 - 2021/10/26

N2 - The Dutch and German verbs wijsmaken/weismachen 'make wise' have an idiomatic interpretation as verbs of deception 'to fool'. As such, they have the unusual property of being contrafactive (presupposing the falsity of their complement). With second person or generic pronoun subjects, under negation and with future orientation, they are used to express disbelief on the part of the entity denoted by the indirect object. A corpus study shows this secondary use to be especially prominent in Dutch. It depends on the availability of the point of view of experiencer and is most common with first person dative objects.

AB - The Dutch and German verbs wijsmaken/weismachen 'make wise' have an idiomatic interpretation as verbs of deception 'to fool'. As such, they have the unusual property of being contrafactive (presupposing the falsity of their complement). With second person or generic pronoun subjects, under negation and with future orientation, they are used to express disbelief on the part of the entity denoted by the indirect object. A corpus study shows this secondary use to be especially prominent in Dutch. It depends on the availability of the point of view of experiencer and is most common with first person dative objects.

U2 - 10.21248/hpsg.2021.2

DO - 10.21248/hpsg.2021.2

M3 - Conference contribution

SP - 26

EP - 46

BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

A2 - Müller, Stefan

A2 - Melnik, Nurit

PB - Frankfurt/Main: University Library

T2 - 28th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

Y2 - 28 July 2021 through 30 July 2021

ER -

Verbs of deception, point of view and polarity

Samenvatting

Conference

Toegang tot document

Handle.net

Vingerafdruk

Citeer dit