Degree Modifiers and Monotonicity
Degree Modifiers and Monotonicity
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度修饰符和单调性
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10.1057/9780230299313_7
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发表时间：
2011
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R. Nouwen
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作者：
R. Nouwen
在一个简短的问答中，兹维基(1970)想知道什么可以解释某些状语功能的分配。1他观察到存在成对的表达，其中肯定的是句子状语，否定的是程度修饰语。例如，在(1)中不同寻常的是程度状语。也就是说，这个例子表明，孩子们的噪音达到了不寻常的程度。如果我们通常用积极的读数取代异常的读数，就不会有这样的类似读数。相反，(2)中的例子被解释为说孩子们吵闹是很常见的。
In a short squib, Zwicky (1970) wonders what could explain the assignment of certain adverbial functions. 1 He observes that there exist pairs of expressions where the positive of the pair is a sentence adverbial, while the negative one is a degree modifier. For instance, unusually in (1) is a degree adverbial. That is, the example expresses that the children are noisy to a degree that is unusual. No such similar reading is available if we replace unusually with its positive counterpart usually. The example in (2) is instead interpreted as saying that it is usual for the children to be noisy.