
Pluralities
Roger Schwarzschild(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 6. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 212 pages
978-90-481-4694-9 (ISBN)
Description
Pluralities
begins with a concise introduction to recent theories of the semantics of plurals. The author argues, contrary to many of those theories, that plural discourse involves entities corresponding to sets of individuals but nothing corresponding to higher order sets. In the course of the book, the reader will become acquainted with the linguistics data that lies at the heart of this debate including extensive discussion of reciprocals and of collectives (such as the committee). In addition, a unique account of distributivity is proposed in which collective/distributive ambiguities are analyzed in pragmatic terms. The account capitalizes on the idea that the universe may be partitioned differently at different points in a discourse.
Pluralities should be accessible to those with an introductory level background in model-theoretic semantics.
Pluralities should be accessible to those with an introductory level background in model-theoretic semantics.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1996
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XI, 212 p.
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
604 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-4694-9 (9789048146949)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-2704-4
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Pluralities
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Content
1 - Two Ways to Interpret Plural Noun Phrases.- 2 - Precursors.- 3 - Preview of the Arguments: Data and Methodology.- 4 - General Arguments from VP Denotations.- 5 - Distributivity.- 6 - Reciprocity.- 7 - Notes on Floated Quantifiers.- 8 - Sorting the Domain.- 9 - Collective Nouns.- 10 - Conclusion.- References.