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Events and Plurality - The Jerusalem Lectures (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
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Events and Plurality - The Jerusalem Lectures (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 76
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The main claim of this book is that the very same distinction
between semantic singularity and plurality that is fundamental to
the semantics of nouns in the nominal domain 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.
The book consists of three parts. The first part discusses
Davidsonian and neo-Davidsonian event analyses of verbs and verbal
roles. The second part discusses theories of semantic plurality,
focussing on the analysis of collective, distributive, and
cumulative readings. The third part develops a neo-Davidsonian
theory of events and plurality, a theory of event-maximalization,
and a theory of scopal relations, basing both the nominal and the
verbal domain strictly on the semantic singularity/plurality
distinction. This part provides a detailed analysis of nominal
plurality, verbal plurality, and their interaction, and it is shown
how these plurality interactions produce the effects of collective,
distributive, cumulative, and related interpretations. The book
will be of interest to theoretical linguists, in particular
scholars and advanced students in semantics, or in neighboring
fields of syntax, pragmatics, and computational linguistics. It
will also be of interest to researchers in philosophy of language,
logic, and cognitive science, and to computer scientists with an
interest in the semantics of natural language.
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Imprint: |
Springer
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 76 |
Release date: |
November 2001 |
First published: |
November 2001 |
Authors: |
Fred Landman
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Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
396 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7923-6569-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-7923-6569-0 |
Barcode: |
9780792365693 |
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