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