Events in the Semantics of English - Couverture rigide

Parsons, Terence

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262161206 ISBN 13 : 9780262161206

Editeur : The MIT Press, 1991

Synopsis

This extended investigation of the semantics of event (and state) sentences in their various forms is a major contribution to the semantics of natural language, simultaneously encompassing important issues in linguistics, philosophy, and logic. It develops the view that the logical forms of simple English sentences typically contain quantification over events or states and shows how this view can account for a wide variety of semantic phenomena. Focusing on the structure of meaning in English sentences at a "subatomic" level—that is, a level below the one most theories accept as basic or "atomic"—Parsons asserts that the semantics of simple English sentences require logical forms somewhat more complex than is normally assumed in natural language semantics. His articulation of underlying event theory explains a wide variety of apparently diverse semantic characteristics of natural language, and his development of the theory shows the importance of seeing the distinction between events and states.

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À propos de l'auteur

Terence Parsons is Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262161206
• ISBN 13: 9780262161206
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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