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Sorts, Ontology, and Metaphor : The Semantics of Sortal Structure.
Title:
Sorts, Ontology, and Metaphor : The Semantics of Sortal Structure.
Author:
Lappin, Shalom.
ISBN:
9783110837254
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (183 pages)
Series:
Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition / Foundations of Communication and Cognition
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 1: Syntactic Theories -- 1. The Theory of Logical Types -- 2. Many-Sorted Topic -- Chapter 2: Linguistic Semantics -- 1. Semantic Marker Theory : Deep Structure Interpretivism -- 2. Generative Semantics -- 3. The Extended Standard Theory: Surface Structure Interpretivism -- Chapter 3: Philosophical Theories -- 1. Sortally Incorrect Sentences as False Statements -- 2. Drange's "Unthinkability" Account -- 3. Sommers' Type Rules -- Chapter 4: Significance Logics: The Goddard-Routley Program -- Chapter 5: Formal Semantics -- 1. Superevaluations: Thomason's Theory -- 2. Two-Dimensional Semantics: The Herzberger-Martin Approach -- 3. Bergmann's Synthesis -- Part II -- Chapter 6: A Criterion of Sortal Incorrectness -- 1. Defining CSI -- 2. Revising Classical Notions of Validity and Soundness in Light of CSI -- Chapter 7: Sortal Incorrectness, Ontological Categories, and Semantic Well-Formedness -- 1. Ontological Categories -- 2. The Decidability of Semantic Well-Formedness -- Chapter 8: Sortal Incorrectness and Metaphor -- Part III -- Appendix A: A Theory of Sortal Incorrectness -- Appendix B: Extensions of the Theory -- 1. Restricted Quantification -- 2. Adverbs -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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