Sorting the World: On the Relevance of the Kind/Object-distinction to Referential Semantics: 4 - Rilegato

Mueller-reichau, Olav

 
9783110323030: Sorting the World: On the Relevance of the Kind/Object-distinction to Referential Semantics: 4
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ISBN 10: 3110323036 ISBN 13: 9783110323030
Casa editrice: De Gruyter, 2011

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The basic hypothesis of this book is that linguistic reference to kinds should be seen as reference to sortal concepts, i.e. cognitive categories for identifying and classifying objects. Viewed that way, kinds serve as the interface between the conceptual system and the grammatical system. Kind-level predicates differ as to whether they presuppose (e.g. to be extinct) or entail (e.g. to invent) the existence of objects, with crucial consequences for the interpretation of indefinite argument noun phrases. Moreover, object reference always involves underlying kind reference, but kind reference does not always involve object reference. This asymmetry, once recognized, proves useful in solving otherwise puzzling problems in semantic composition.

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Editore
De Gruyter
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
3110323036
ISBN 13 
9783110323030
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
165
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9783868381139: Sorting the World: On the Relevance of the Kind/Object-Distinction to Referential Semantics

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ISBN 10:  3868381139 ISBN 13:  9783868381139
Casa editrice: Ontos Verlag, 2011
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