Plurality, Conjunction and Events

Plurality, Conjunction and Events

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Lasersohn, P.
Springer
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Plurality, Conjunction and Events presents a novel theory of plural and conjoined phrases, in an event-based semantic framework. It begins by reviewing options for treating the alternation between `collective' and `distributive' readings of sentences containing plural or conjoined noun phrases, including analyses from both the modern and the premodern literature. It is argued that plural and conjoined noun phrases are unambiguously group-denoting, and that the collective/distributive distinction therefore must be located in the predicates with which these noun phrases combine. More specifically, predicates must have a hidden argument place for events; the collective/distributive distinction may then be represented in the part/whole structure of these events. This allows a natural treatment of `collectivizing' adverbial expressions, and of `pluractional' affixes; it also allows a unified semantics for conjunction, in which conjoined sentences and predicates denote groups of events, much like conjoined noun phrases denote groups of individuals.

EAN 9789048144945
ISBN 9048144949
Typ produktu Mäkká väzba
Vydavateľ Springer
Dátum vydania 16. novembra 2010
Stránky 308
Jazyk English
Rozmery 223 x 152
Krajina Netherlands
Čitatelia Professional & Scholarly
Autori Lasersohn, P.
Ilustrácie XII, 308 p.
Edícia Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995
Séria Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy