Disunity of personal taste

The article argues that, linguistically speaking, there is no uniform class of personal taste predicate. There is an F(un)‐type PPT that takes infinitive complements expressing events. In effect, these PPTs are predicates of events involving participants. There is also a T(asty)‐type that cannot take an infinitive complement and does not enter into the alternation pattern of the F‐type predicates. These predicates express dispositions of objects to generate experiences or responses. Some experiencer/judge is involved in the truth of the respective kinds of claims, but for different reasons, and in neither case is such a role encoded linguistically as an index for the predicate.

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Mind & Language
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2024-10-31
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https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12528
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Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
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Disunity of personal taste

John Collins
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Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
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Disunity of personal taste

John Collins
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Abstract

The article argues that, linguistically speaking, there is no uniform class of personal taste predicate. There is an F(un)‐type PPT that takes infinitive complements expressing events. In effect, these PPTs are predicates of events involving participants. There is also a T(asty)‐type that cannot take an infinitive complement and does not enter into the alternation pattern of the F‐type predicates. These predicates express dispositions of objects to generate experiences or responses. Some experiencer/judge is involved in the truth of the respective kinds of claims, but for different reasons, and in neither case is such a role encoded linguistically as an index for the predicate.

Mind & LanguageVol. 40(3)
Ikerbasque (ES), University of the Basque Country (ES)
Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science
Openalex Percentile: Top 76%
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
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