Sorting the World: On the Relevance of the Kind/Object-Distinction to Referential Semantics: 4 (Linguistics & Philosophy, 4) - Hardcover

Mueller-Reichau, Olav

 
9783110323030: Sorting the World: On the Relevance of the Kind/Object-Distinction to Referential Semantics: 4 (Linguistics & Philosophy, 4)
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ISBN 10: 3110323036 ISBN 13: 9783110323030
Publisher: De Gruyter, 2011

Synopsis

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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Publisher
De Gruyter
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3110323036
ISBN 13 
9783110323030
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
165

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