In this paper I reanalyze the data provided in Barbiers (2018) on Dutch adverbs which occur an embedded (complement) clause while they semantically pertain to matrix (main) (or vice versa). Whereas analyzes adverb placement along lines of Cinque hierarchy (Cinque 1999), will propose analysis and explanation semantic does not need any movement, thereby stressing importance semantics pragmatics s...

When writing about pragmatics, theoreticians of cartography usually refer to the classic "Foundations of the theory of signs" by Morris (1938). Let me remind that Morris has divided semiotics into three basic branches: semantics, syntactics and pragmatics. Originally semantics was defined as the study of the sign meanings (or of relationships between linguistic forms and entities in the world),...

The subordination of clauses, and the recursion which results, lies at the heart of linguistic representation. Yet there are many aspects of subordination that are not fully understood. An enduring puzzle is that some clauses which appear to be structurally subordinate nevertheless pattern with main clauses in certain, but not all, respects. This paper posits that such clauses, which we term “q...

This article explores the concept of gradient bilectalism by capitalizing on insights from recent developments in second language acquisition, particularly the suggestion that aspects of the syntax–discourse interface that are not easily accessible to the learner may lead to fossilization, even at end state. I explore the implications of this suggestion for bilectal grammars by examining the wa...

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We survey three domains – scalar implicatures, presupposition, and conventional implicatures – in which the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics has given rise to new empirical and formal insights in the last decade. In each case, there is a vibrant contemporary debate concerning the modular decomposition of rich arrays of data.