Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers

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Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers is written by Osamu Sawada and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191782637 (ISBN 10) and 9780191782633 (ISBN 13).

This work examines the meaning of scalar modifiers - expressions such as more than, a bit, and much - from the standpoint of the semantics-pragmatics interface. It draws on data from Japanese and a range of other languages to explore the information expressed by these modifiers at both the semantic and the pragmatic level