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Sorting the world : on the relevance of the kind/object-distinction to referential semantics /
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-leve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2011.
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| Colección: | Linguistics & philosophy ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 d. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110323580 3110323583 3868381139 9783868381139 3110323036 9783110323030 |