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Vanilla rules: The “no ice cream” construction

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Authors

  • Felix Frühauf
  • Hadil Karawani
  • Todor Koev
  • Natasha Korotkova

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • University of Konstanz
  • Utrecht University

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27
EditorsMaria Onoeva, Anna Staňková, Radek Šimík
Place of PublicationPrag
PublisherCharles University
Pages209-227
Volume27
Publication statusPublished - 2023
EventSinn und Bedeutung 27 - Charles University Prague, Prag, Czech Republic
Duration: 14 Sept 2022 → 16 Sept 2022

Abstract

This paper is about what we call Deontically-flavored Nominal Constructions (DNCs) in English, such as 'No ice cream' or 'Dogs on leash only'. DNCs are often perceived as commands and have been argued to be a type of non-canonical imperative, much like root infinitives in German or Russian. We argue instead that DNCs at their core are declaratives that cite a rule but can be used performatively in the right context. We propose that DNCs contain an elided deontic modal, i.e., 'allowed', whose presence explains their distributional restrictions and interpretational properties. Among other things, we speculate on the licensing conditions of DNCs (the presence of 'only' or the negative determiner 'no'), suggesting that these are tied to the properties of discourses in which rules can be used naturally.

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Vanilla rules: The “no ice cream” construction. / Frühauf, Felix; Karawani, Hadil; Koev, Todor et al.
Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27. ed. / Maria Onoeva; Anna Staňková; Radek Šimík. Vol. 27 Prag: Charles University, 2023. p. 209-227.

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Frühauf, F, Karawani, H, Koev, T, Korotkova, N, Penka, D & Skibra, D 2023, Vanilla rules: The “no ice cream” construction. in M Onoeva, A Staňková & R Šimík (eds), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27. vol. 27, Charles University, Prag, pp. 209-227, Sinn und Bedeutung 27, Prag, Czech Republic, 14 Sept 2022. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2023.v27.1065
Frühauf, F., Karawani, H., Koev, T., Korotkova, N., Penka, D., & Skibra, D. (2023). Vanilla rules: The “no ice cream” construction. In M. Onoeva, A. Staňková, & R. Šimík (Eds.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27 (Vol. 27, pp. 209-227). Charles University. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2023.v27.1065
Frühauf F, Karawani H, Koev T, Korotkova N, Penka D, Skibra D. Vanilla rules: The “no ice cream” construction. In Onoeva M, Staňková A, Šimík R, editors, Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27. Vol. 27. Prag: Charles University. 2023. p. 209-227 doi: 10.18148/sub/2023.v27.1065
Frühauf, Felix ; Karawani, Hadil ; Koev, Todor et al. / Vanilla rules : The “no ice cream” construction. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 27. editor / Maria Onoeva ; Anna Staňková ; Radek Šimík. Vol. 27 Prag : Charles University, 2023. pp. 209-227
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