Aesthetic adjectives lack uniform behavior
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- dc.contributor.author Liao, Shen-yica
- dc.contributor.author McNally, Louise, 1965-ca
- dc.contributor.author Meskin, Aaronca
- dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-26T12:26:26Z
- dc.date.available 2017-09-26T12:26:26Z
- dc.date.issued 2016
- dc.description.abstract The goal of this short paper is to show that esthetic adjectives—exemplified by “beautiful” and “elegant”—do not pattern stably on a range of linguistic diagnostics that have been used to taxonomize the gradability properties of adjectives. We argue that a plausible explanation for this puzzling data involves distinguishing two properties of gradable adjectives that have been frequently conflated: whether an adjective’s applicability is sensitive to a comparison class, and whether an adjective’s applicability is context-dependent.
- dc.description.sponsorship Shen-yi Liao’s work was supported by a European Community FP7 Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship, grant PIIF-GA-2012-328977. Louise McNally’s work was supported by Spanish MINECO grant FFI2013-41301-P, AGAUR grant 2014SGR698, and an ICREA Academia award.
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- dc.identifier.citation Liao S, McNally L, Meskin A. Aesthetic adjectives lack uniform behavior. Inquiry. 2016; 59(6):618-31. DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2016.1208927
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2016.1208927
- dc.identifier.issn 0020-174X
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/32802
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)ca
- dc.relation.ispartof Inquiry. 2016; 59(6):618-31. DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2016.1208927
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/FFI2013-41301-P
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/328977
- dc.rights © Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Liao S, McNally L, Meskin A. Aesthetic adjectives lack uniform behavior. Inquiry. 2016; 59(6):618-31. DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2016.1208927. Inquiry is available online at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0020174X.2016.1208927
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- dc.subject.keyword Aesthetic adjectives
- dc.subject.keyword Aesthetic concepts
- dc.subject.keyword Gradable adjectives
- dc.subject.keyword Predicates of personal taste
- dc.subject.keyword Experimental semantics
- dc.subject.keyword Experimental philosophy
- dc.subject.keyword Experimental philosophical aesthetics
- dc.subject.keyword Context
- dc.subject.keyword Comparison class
- dc.title Aesthetic adjectives lack uniform behaviorca
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