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In [[linguistics]], a '''subsective modifier''' is an expression which [[grammatical modifier|modifies]] another by delivering a [[subset]] of its [[denotation]]. For instance, the English [[adjective]] "skilled" is subsective since being a skilled surgeon entails being a surgeon. By contrast, the English adjective "alleged" is non-subsective since an "alleged spy" need not be an actual spy.<ref name="m">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name= "kennedy"></ref>
# <math>[\![ \text{skilled surgeon} ]\!] \subseteq [\![\text{surgeon}]\!]</math>
A modifier can be subsective without being [[intersective modifier|intersective]]. For instance, calling someone an "old friend" [[entailment|entails]] that they are a friend but does not entail that they are elderly. The term "subsective" is most often applied to modifiers which are not [[intersective modifier|intersective]] and non-intersectivity is sometimes treated as part of the definition.<ref name="m" />
There is no standard analysis for the [[formal semantics (natural language)|semantics]] of (non-intersective) subsective modifiers. Early work such as [[Richard Montague|Montague]] (1970) took non-intersective adjectives as evidence that adjectives do not denote properties but rather functions which take and return a property. However, more recent work has shown that a property-based analysis can be squared with the evidence. Moreover, some putative subsectives such as "small" can in fact be analyzed as intersective once given a degree semantics which accounts for their [[vagueness]]. Subsectives are currently regarded as not forming a [[natural class]] and some researchers have raised empirical questions about whether any modifiers are truly subsective at all.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name= "kennedy" />
== See also ==
* [[Adjective]]
* [[Grammatical modifier]]
* [[Intersective modifier]]
== References ==
[[Category:Grammar]]
[[Category:Semantics]]
[[Category:Adjectives by type]]
# <math>[\![ \text{skilled surgeon} ]\!] \subseteq [\![\text{surgeon}]\!]</math>
A modifier can be subsective without being [[intersective modifier|intersective]]. For instance, calling someone an "old friend" [[entailment|entails]] that they are a friend but does not entail that they are elderly. The term "subsective" is most often applied to modifiers which are not [[intersective modifier|intersective]] and non-intersectivity is sometimes treated as part of the definition.<ref name="m" />
There is no standard analysis for the [[formal semantics (natural language)|semantics]] of (non-intersective) subsective modifiers. Early work such as [[Richard Montague|Montague]] (1970) took non-intersective adjectives as evidence that adjectives do not denote properties but rather functions which take and return a property. However, more recent work has shown that a property-based analysis can be squared with the evidence. Moreover, some putative subsectives such as "small" can in fact be analyzed as intersective once given a degree semantics which accounts for their [[vagueness]]. Subsectives are currently regarded as not forming a [[natural class]] and some researchers have raised empirical questions about whether any modifiers are truly subsective at all.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name= "kennedy" />
== See also ==
* [[Adjective]]
* [[Grammatical modifier]]
* [[Intersective modifier]]
== References ==
[[Category:Grammar]]
[[Category:Semantics]]
[[Category:Adjectives by type]]
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