Attitude verbs’ local context

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Blumberg, Kyle and Goldstein, Simon. (2023). Attitude verbs’ local context. Linguistics and Philosophy. 46(3), pp. 483-507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-022-09373-y
AuthorsBlumberg, Kyle and Goldstein, Simon
Abstract

Schlenker (Semant Pragmat 2(3):1–78, 2009; Philos Stud 151(1):115–142, 2010a; Mind 119(474):377–391, 2010b) provides an algorithm for deriving the presupposition projection properties of an expression from that expression’s classical semantics. In this paper, we consider the predictions of Schlenker’s algorithm as applied to attitude verbs. More specifically, we compare Schlenker’s theory with a prominent view which maintains that attitudes exhibit belief projection, so that presupposition triggers in their scope imply that the attitude holder believes the presupposition (Karttunen in Theor Linguist 34(1):181, 1974; Heim in J Semant 9(3):183–221, 1992; Sudo in The art and craft of semantics: a festschrift for Irene Heim, MIT Press, 2014). We show that Schlenker’s theory does not predict belief projection, and discuss several consequences of this result.

Keywordspresupposition; local context; attitude verbs; modals
Year2023
JournalLinguistics and Philosophy
Journal citation46 (3), pp. 483-507
PublisherSpringer
ISSN1573-0549
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-022-09373-y
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85143986672
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Deposited17 May 2023
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