The paradox of adverbs

• Autores: Roy T. Cook, Namjoong Kim
• Localización: Analysis, ISSN-e 1467-8284, Vol. 75, Nº. 4, 2015, págs. 559-561
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An adjective applies to objects – i.e., it is a linguistic item that expresses a first-level concept that applies to objects. An adverb (for our purposes) applies to first-level concepts – i.e., it is a linguistic item that expresses a second-level concept that applies to first-level concepts.1 Adverbs (like adjectives) are thus linguistic items, and hence objects. With this in mind, consider the following adverb:

    Does this adverb – i.e., the adverb in (1) – hold of the adjective:

    that is, does the adverb in (1) hold of: