Truth and Veridicality in Grammar and Thought: Mood, Modality, and Propositional Attitudes

by Alda Mari, Anastasia Giannakidou, Alda Mari Ph.D.

Book Overview

Can language directly access what is true, or is the truth judgment affected by the subjective, perhaps even solipsistic, constructs of reality built by the speakers of that language? The construction of such subjective representations is known as veridicality, and in this book Anastasia Giannakidou and Alda Mari deftly address the interaction between truth and veridicality in the grammatical phenomena of mood choice: the indicative and subjunctive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022676334X
• ISBN13: 9780226763347
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"