Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 50 | 2016
Research Article | Subject Obviation as a Semantic Failure: a Preliminary Account
Abstract
Subject obviation in subjunctive clauses has drawn attention in the field of formal linguistics since the early eighties. Despite an abundant literature on the phenomenon, obviation still remains in many respects mysterious. This article explores a different approach to the phenomenon, whereby obviation can be accounted for by resorting to the notion of self-knowledge, as generally conceived in the field of philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. Under the view proposed here, obviation is caused by a clash between the semantic characteristics of the attitude predicate and those of the embedded clause. Particularly, it is suggested that obviation obtains if and only if an embedded clause expresses self-knowledge.
Submitted: April 12, 2016 | Accepted: Aug. 31, 2016 | Published Sept. 30, 2016 | Language: en
Keywords Linguistics • Obviation • Self-knowledge • Subjunctive clauses
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Subject Obviation as a Semantic Failure: a Preliminary Account |
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Costantini Francesco |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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Research Article |
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en |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2016/1/subject-obviation-as-a-semantic-failure-a-prelimin/ |
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Subject obviation in subjunctive clauses has drawn attention in the field of formal linguistics since the early eighties. Despite an abundant literature on the phenomenon, obviation still remains in many respects mysterious. This article explores a different approach to the phenomenon, whereby obviation can be accounted for by resorting to the notion of self-knowledge, as generally conceived in the field of philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. Under the view proposed here, obviation is caused by a clash between the semantic characteristics of the attitude predicate and those of the embedded clause. Particularly, it is suggested that obviation obtains if and only if an embedded clause expresses self-knowledge. |
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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale |
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Vol. 50 | September 2016 |
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2016-09-30 |
dc.dateAccepted |
2016-08-31 |
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2016-04-12 |
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2499-1562 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-50-16-5 |
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yes |
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Linguistics |
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Linguistics |
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Obviation |
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Obviation |
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Self-knowledge |
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Self-knowledge |
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Subjunctive clauses |
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Subjunctive clauses |
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