This dissertation develops a semantic analysis for frame-setting constructions, which operate at the interface between context and composition: Frame setters introduce a presupposition regarding the evaluation situation ...

The paper presents the result of a diachronic corpus study on Samoan, tracing a recent change in the setting of the Degree Semantics Parameter (Beck et al. 2009). We suggest that an earlier stage, Samoan had a negative ...

Based on data from original fieldwork, this paper investigates the temporal interpretation of two subordinate constructions in Samoan, an aspect-prominent language. We show that both relative and complement clauses are ...