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This chapter is concerned to see what a theory of adverbs might look like in the ‘situation semantics’ developed by Jon Barwise and John Perry. I shall base my discussion on the account developed in their book Situations and Attitudes [3], and, unless otherwise indicated, any reference to situation semantics will be from that work. Further developments are promised of course but I hope that what I say will be addressed to fundamental questions which will not be seriously affected by later refinements to the theory.
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Cresswell, M.J. (1985). Adverbial Modification in Situation Semantics. In: Adverbial Modification. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5414-4_8
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