Jeremy is a... Expressive-relativism and expressives in predicative positions.
Expressives are words that convey speakers' attitudes towards a particular object or situation. Consider two examples: Attributive: That f**khead Jeremy forgot the turkey. Predicative: Jeremy is a f**khead. In both examples the word f**khead communicates some expressive content - the negative attitu...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 199; no. 5/6; pp. 12517 - 12540 |
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