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The ontology of language : properties, individuals, and discourse

Title
The ontology of language : properties, individuals, and discourse / Chris Fox.
Author
Fox, Chris, 1965-
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Center for the Study of Language and Information, ©2000.

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Description
x, 213 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Uniform Title
Center for the Study of Language and Information publication lecture notes ; 105.
Subject
  • Language and languages > Philosophy
  • Semantics (Philosophy)
  • Discourse analysis
  • pragmatics
  • Discourse analysis
  • Language and languages > Philosophy
  • Semantik
  • Logik
  • Diskursanalyse
  • Eigenschaft
  • Theorie
  • Formale Semantik
  • Formele semantiek
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and indexes.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Property Theory -- 2.1. Motivation -- 2.2. PT: An Axiomatic Property Theory -- 2.3. Definitions of Types -- 2.4. The Paradoxes as a Category Mistake -- 2.5. Internal Definability -- 2.6. Model -- 2.7. Syntax-Semantics Interface -- 2.8. PTQ-like Interpretation -- 2.9. Other Approaches -- 3. Plurals and Mass Terms -- 3.1. Plurals -- 3.2. Mass Terms -- 3.3. A Unification -- 3.4. A Model of PT with Boolean Terms -- 4. Roles and Guises -- 4.1. Intensional Individuals -- 4.2. Landman's Formal Theory -- 4.3. Roles in PT -- 4.4. Property Modifiers -- 4.5. Appropriate Guises -- 4.6. Semantics with Property Modifiers -- 4.7. The Behaviour of Property Modifiers -- 5. Discourse Representation -- 5.1. Discourse in Classical Logic -- 5.2. Discourse in Property Theory -- 5.3. A Sketch of the Basic Theory -- 5.4. PT[superscript dt]: PT with Discourse Terms -- 5.5. Relative Clauses -- 5.6. Summary -- 5.7. Consistency of PT[superscript dt] -- 6. Conclusions -- 6.1. Properties -- 6.2. Individuals -- 6.3. Discourse -- 6.4. The Methodology of Least Commitment -- A. Dynamic Property Theory -- B. Dependent Types and Discourse -- C. Semantics of NL in PT[superscript dt] -- D. Negation and Disjunction in Discourse.
ISBN
  • 1575862336
  • 9781575862330
  • 1575862344
  • 9781575862347
LCCN
00024134
OCLC
  • ocm43520964
  • 43520964
  • SCSB-1128125
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library