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A Semantics for Groups and Events (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology) - Hardcover

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Lasersohn, Peter

 
9781138690905: A Semantics for Groups and Events (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138690902 ISBN 13: 9781138690905
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1990, this dissertation presents an event-based model-theoretic semantics for plural expressions in English. The author defends against counterarguments the hypothesis that distributive predicates are predicates of groups, and not just individuals. By defining the collective/distributive distinction in terms of event structure, he solves formal problems with previous group-level analyses. The author notes that certain adverbials have a systematic ambiguity between a reading indicating collective action, and readings indicating spatial or temporal proximity; the event-based definition of collective action makes possible a parallel treatment of these readings. This book presents a formal proposal on the algebraic structure of groups and events, and a semantically based analysis of number agreement.

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Peter Lasersohn

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138690902
ISBN 13 
9781138690905
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
156