Defining a monster-operator

Authors

  • Lovania Roehrig Teixeira UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Pós-Graduação em Letras. Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil.
  • Renato Miguel Basso UFSCar - Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Departamento de Letras. São Carlos - SP - Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-5794-1504-4

Keywords:

Semantics, Indexicals, Monsters operators, Context shifting,

Abstract

This article reviews the literature related to a particular kind of operator present in natural language s, i.e. the “monster operator”. This operator can shift the context of evaluation of indexicals in its scope. Kaplan (1989) initially denied its existence, but later authors, such as Schlenker (2003) and Anand (2006), argue that such operators do exist in natural languages. However, throughout the literature, we see different definitions of that operator. In this paper, after we introduce the concept of monster operator and defend its existence based on data from the Brazilian Portuguese, we argue in favor of a definition that is wider, similar to that first one proposed by Kaplan (1989). Data from the Brazilian Portuguese will be crucial to defending our position.

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Author Biographies

Lovania Roehrig Teixeira, UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Pós-Graduação em Letras. Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil.

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras -UFRGS

Renato Miguel Basso, UFSCar - Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Departamento de Letras. São Carlos - SP - Brasil.

Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar

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Published

28/04/2015

How to Cite

TEIXEIRA, L. R.; BASSO, R. M. Defining a monster-operator. ALFA: Revista de Linguística, São Paulo, v. 59, n. 2, 2015. DOI: 10.1590/1981-5794-1504-4. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/6699. Acesso em: 18 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Papers

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