“People are people to me”: The interpretation of tautologies with frame-setters
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2019.02.013
Abstract: Abstract This paper explores ‘framed tautologies’, occurring with (i) expressions that overtly introduce individuals to which the asserted content is related, (ii) spatiotemporal adjuncts, and (iii) universal quantifiers. Drawing on data from COCA and other… read more here.
Keywords: people interpretation; tautologies frame; interpretation tautologies; people people ... See more keywords