Predicates and Temporal Arguments

Name: Predicates and Temporal Arguments
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195114355
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ISBN: 9780195114355

by Theodore B. Fernald

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0195114353

ISBN-13 9780195114355

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 9th, 2000

Print length 176 Pages

Weight 431 grams

Dimensions 23.10 x 15.70 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of language Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

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A distinction is made in formal semantics between predicates that describe the general state of a noun, and predicates that specify the specific properties of a noun. The author investigates various contexts in which this distinction is traditionally said to come into play.

A distinction is made in formal semantics between "stage-level predicates," predicates that describe the general state of a noun, and "individual-level predicates," predicates that specify the specific properties of a noun. Fernald investigates various contexts in which this distinction is traditionally said to come into play. His aim is to show that the effects displayed are not uniform, and that the differences between the analyses proposed in the literature arise from the authors considering different subsets of data that they take to exemplyify the "core" meaning of the stage/individual distinction. Fernald presents alternatives and extensions that shed light on the limitations of previous theories, as well as making original observations about important aspects of the topic, including coercion, and perceptual reports vs. other phenomena.

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