Description for The Semantics of Evaluativity Hardcover. This book focuses on the semantic phenomenon of evaluativity in sentences such as John is tall and its consequences across constructions. It proposes an account based on assumptions that speakers and hearers make about the relationship between the simplicity of a situation and the simplicity of the language used to describe that situation Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.