Manners and Causation

Authors

  • Martin Sch¨afer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.761

Abstract

This paper is divided into two parts. In part one I apply a formal method for the establishment of cause-relations between events to cases involving manner modification. In the second part I argue that the status of a manner adverb with regard to its role in a cause-consequence sequent does not play a role for its formal representation at the sentential level. Instead, it influences a sentence’s information structure. In turn, this can influence the syntactic position of a manner adverb.

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Published

2019-08-19

How to Cite

Sch¨afer, M. (2019). Manners and Causation. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 8, 249–258. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.761