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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