Events and Plurality: The Jerusalem Lectures: v. 76 (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy) - Hardcover

Landman, Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792365682 ISBN 13: 9780792365686

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

The main claim of this book concerns the distinction between semantic singularity and plurality that is fundamental to the semantics of nouns in the nominal domain. Namely, that it is operative and fundamental in the verbal domain as well, applying to verbs and verbal arguments roles. It is argued that collective interpretations of verbal arguments involve semantically singular argument roles, and that a large variety of other interpretations discussed in the literature - most importantly distributive and cumulative interpretations - can be reduced to semantic plurality.

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About the Author

Fred Landman is Professor of Semantics at Tel Aviv University. His publications include "Events and Plurality "(2000), "Structures for Semantics" (1991), "Towards a Theory of Information "(1986), and "Varieties of Formal Semantics "(edited with Frank Veltman, 1984).

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792365682
• ISBN 13: 9780792365686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 396