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{{short description|American linguist}}
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| name = Angelika Kratzer
| name = Angelika Kratzer
| birth_place = [[Mindelheim]], Germany
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| nationality = [[Germany|German]], resident of the [[United States]] since 1985
| nationality = [[Germany|German]], resident of the [[United States]] since 1985
| other_names =
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| thesis_title = Semantik der Rede: Kontexttheorie, Modalwörter, Konditionalsätze
| education = [[University of Konstanz]], MA (1973) <br>[[University of Konstanz]], PhD (1979)
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| occupation = [[Linguist]]<br>[[Professor]]
| thesis_year = 1979
| notable_works = ''Semantics in Generative Grammar'' (with [[Irene Heim]])<br>"What 'must' and 'can' must and can mean"
| alma_mater = [[University of Konstanz]]
| discipline = [[Linguistics]]
| sub_discipline = [[Semantics]]
| website = https://people.umass.edu/kratzer/
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'''Angelika Kratzer''' is a [[professor]] emerita of [[linguistics]] in the department of linguistics at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umass.edu/linguistics/faculty|title=Faculty {{!}} Linguistics {{!}} UMass Amherst|website=www.umass.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-06}}</ref>
'''Angelika Kratzer''' is a [[professor]] emerita of [[linguistics]] in the Department of Linguistics at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umass.edu/linguistics/faculty|title=Faculty {{!}} Linguistics {{!}} UMass Amherst|website=www.umass.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-06}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
She was born in Germany, and received her PhD from the [[University of Konstanz]] in 1979, with a dissertation entitled ''Semantik der Rede''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Semantik der Rede: Kontexttheorie, Modalwörter, Konditionalsätze|last=Kratzer|first=Angelika.|publisher=Cornelsen Verlag|year=1978|isbn=978-3589206384|series=Monographien Linguistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft; 38|location=Königstein}}</ref> She is an influential and widely cited [[semantics|semanticist]] whose expertise includes [[linguistic modality|modals]], [[Conditional mood|conditionals]], [[situation semantics]], and a range of topics relating to the [[syntax–semantics interface]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=angelika+kratzer&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=|title=Google Scholar}}</ref>
She was born in Germany, and received her PhD from the [[University of Konstanz]] in 1979, with a dissertation entitled ''Semantik der Rede''. She is an influential and widely cited [[semantics|semanticist]] whose expertise includes [[linguistic modality|modals]], [[Conditional mood|conditionals]], [[situation semantics]], and a range of topics relating to the [[syntax–semantics interface]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=angelika+kratzer&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=|title=Google Scholar}}</ref>


Among her most influential ideas are: a unified analysis of modality of different flavors (building on the work of [[Jaakko Hintikka]]); a modal analysis of conditionals;<ref>{{Cite book|title=Graded Modality: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives|last=Lassiter|first=Daniel|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2017|isbn=9780198701354|pages=73–74}}</ref> and the hypothesis ("the little v hypothesis") that the agent argument of a [[transitive verb]] is introduced syntactically whereas the theme argument is selected for lexically.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Word Meaning and Syntax: Approaches to the Interface|last=Wechsler|first=Stephen|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=9780199279890|pages=252 ff}}</ref>
Among her most influential ideas are: a unified analysis of modality of different flavors (building on the work of [[Jaakko Hintikka]]); a modal analysis of conditionals;<ref>{{Cite book|title=Graded Modality: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives|last=Lassiter|first=Daniel|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2017|isbn=9780198701354|pages=73–74}}</ref> and the hypothesis ("the little v hypothesis") that the agent argument of a [[transitive verb]] is introduced syntactically whereas the theme argument is selected for lexically.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Word Meaning and Syntax: Approaches to the Interface|last=Wechsler|first=Stephen|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=9780199279890|pages=252 ff}}</ref>


She co-wrote with [[Irene Heim]] the semantics textbook ''Semantics in Generative Grammar'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Semantics in Generative Grammar|last=Kratzer|first=Angelika|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=1997|isbn=978-0-631-19713-3}}</ref> and is co-editor, with Irene Heim, of the journal ''[[Natural Language Semantics]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/education+&+language/linguistics/journal/11050|title=Natural Language Semantics - incl. option to publish open access|website=springer.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-06}}</ref>
She co-wrote with [[Irene Heim]] the semantics textbook ''Semantics in Generative Grammar'', and is co-editor, with Irene Heim, of the journal ''[[Natural Language Semantics]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/education+&+language/linguistics/journal/11050|title=Natural Language Semantics - incl. option to publish open access|website=springer.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-06}}</ref>


== Key publications ==
== Awards ==

*Heim, Irene & Angelika Kratzer. 1998. ''Semantics in Generative Grammar''. Wiley-Blackwell.
In 2012, Kratzer was named a Fellow of the [[Linguistic_Society_of_America|Linguistic Society of America]].<ref>{{cite web |title=LSA Fellows By Surname {{!}} Linguistic Society of America |url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-fellows-name |website=www.linguisticsociety.org |publisher=Linguistic Society of America |access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref>
*Kratzer, Angelika. 1977. What 'must' and 'can' must and can mean. ''Linguistics and Philosophy'' 1 (3): 337-355.

*Kratzer, Angelika. 1981. The notional category of modality. In: ''Words, worlds, and contexts: New approaches in word semantics'', ed. by HJ Eikmeyer and H. Rieser. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 38-74.
== Selected publications ==
*Kratzer, Angelika. 1995. Individual level predicates. In: ''The generic book,'' edited by Gregory N. Carlson and Francis J. Pelletier. Chicago University Press, 125-175.
*{{cite book |last1=Heim |first1=Irene |last2=Kratzer |first2=Angelika |title=Semantics in Generative Grammar |date=1998 |publisher=Blackwell |location=Malden, Mass. |isbn=0631197125 |edition=1}}
*Kratzer, Angelika. 1996. Severing the external argument from its verb. In: ''Phrase structure and the lexicon''. Edited by J. Rooryck and L. Zaring. Kluwer/Springer, 109-137.
*{{cite journal |last1=Kratzer |first1=Angelika |title=What ‘must’ and ‘can’ must and can mean |journal=Linguistics and Philosophy |date=January 1977 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=337–355 |doi=10.1007/BF00353453 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00353453 |access-date=8 March 2024}}
*Kratzer, Angelika. 2012. ''Modals and Conditionals: New and Revised Perspectives''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|9780199234691}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kratzer |first1=Angelika |editor1-last=Portner |editor1-first=Paul H. |editor2-last=Partee |editor2-first=Barbara H. |title=Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings |date=15 April 2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-75818-2 |pages=289--393 |url=https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ptgUWREtAkMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA289&dq=info:XkicqY1gOScJ:scholar.google.com&ots=YA0J6RdBE4&sig=2v_-vCkbeTJUwozRaPmyjFk0Q0w&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |language=en |chapter=The notional category of modality}}
* {{cite book |last1=Kratzer |first1=Angelika |editor1-last=Carlson |editor1-first=Gregory N. |editor2-last=Pelletier |editor2-first=Francis Jeffry |title=The Generic Book |date=2010 |publisher=Univ. of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=0226092917 |pages=125--175 |edition=Digit. print. |chapter=Stage-Level and Individual-Level Predicates}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Kratzer |first1=Angelika |editor1-last=Rooryck |editor1-first=J. |editor2-last=Zaring |editor2-first=L. |title=Severing the External Argument from its Verb |journal=Phrase Structure and the Lexicon |date=1996 |volume=33 |pages=109–137 |doi=10.1007/978-94-015-8617-7_5 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8617-7_5 |access-date=8 March 2024 |series=Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory |publisher=Springer |location=Dordrecht}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kratzer |first1=Angelika |title=Modals and Conditionals: New and Revised Perspectives |date=12 January 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-173843-2 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199234684.001.0001 |access-date=8 March 2024 |language=en}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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==External links==
* [http://people.umass.edu/kratzer/ Angelika Kratzer's personal webpage]


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Revision as of 18:05, 8 March 2024

Angelika Kratzer
Born
Mindelheim, Germany
NationalityGerman, resident of the United States since 1985
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Konstanz
ThesisSemantik der Rede: Kontexttheorie, Modalwörter, Konditionalsätze (1979)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-disciplineSemantics
Websitehttps://people.umass.edu/kratzer/

Angelika Kratzer is a professor emerita of linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1]

Biography

She was born in Germany, and received her PhD from the University of Konstanz in 1979, with a dissertation entitled Semantik der Rede. She is an influential and widely cited semanticist whose expertise includes modals, conditionals, situation semantics, and a range of topics relating to the syntax–semantics interface.[2]

Among her most influential ideas are: a unified analysis of modality of different flavors (building on the work of Jaakko Hintikka); a modal analysis of conditionals;[3] and the hypothesis ("the little v hypothesis") that the agent argument of a transitive verb is introduced syntactically whereas the theme argument is selected for lexically.[4]

She co-wrote with Irene Heim the semantics textbook Semantics in Generative Grammar, and is co-editor, with Irene Heim, of the journal Natural Language Semantics.[5]

Awards

In 2012, Kratzer was named a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.[6]

Selected publications

  • Heim, Irene; Kratzer, Angelika (1998). Semantics in Generative Grammar (1 ed.). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. ISBN 0631197125.
  • Kratzer, Angelika (January 1977). "What 'must' and 'can' must and can mean". Linguistics and Philosophy. 1 (3): 337–355. doi:10.1007/BF00353453. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  • Kratzer, Angelika (15 April 2008). "The notional category of modality". In Portner, Paul H.; Partee, Barbara H. (eds.). Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 289--393. ISBN 978-0-470-75818-2.
  • Kratzer, Angelika (2010). "Stage-Level and Individual-Level Predicates". In Carlson, Gregory N.; Pelletier, Francis Jeffry (eds.). The Generic Book (Digit. print. ed.). Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. pp. 125--175. ISBN 0226092917.
  • Kratzer, Angelika (1996). Rooryck, J.; Zaring, L. (eds.). "Severing the External Argument from its Verb". Phrase Structure and the Lexicon. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. 33. Dordrecht: Springer: 109–137. doi:10.1007/978-94-015-8617-7_5. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  • Kratzer, Angelika (12 January 2012). Modals and Conditionals: New and Revised Perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-173843-2. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Faculty | Linguistics | UMass Amherst". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  2. ^ "Google Scholar".
  3. ^ Lassiter, Daniel (2017). Graded Modality: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives. Oxford University Press. pp. 73–74. ISBN 9780198701354.
  4. ^ Wechsler, Stephen (2015). Word Meaning and Syntax: Approaches to the Interface. Oxford University Press. pp. 252 ff. ISBN 9780199279890.
  5. ^ "Natural Language Semantics - incl. option to publish open access". springer.com. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  6. ^ "LSA Fellows By Surname | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 8 March 2024.


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