The Semantics of Pragmatic Markedness / M. Lynne Murphy.

A discussion of markedness in English questions the value of markedness theory in constructing explanatory models of linguistic meaning. It challenges the claim that pairs of terms in sentences are in a single type of relation (marked/unmarked) that accounts for all differences between the two terms...

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Main Author: Murphy, M. Lynne
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1993.
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Physical Description:20 pages
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