Reference to Abstract Objects in DiscourseSpringer Science & Business Media, 6. 12. 2012 - Počet stran: 455 Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse presents a novel framework and analysis of the ways we refer to abstract objects in natural language discourse. The book begins with a typology of abstract objects and related entities like eventualities. After an introduction to `bottom up, compositional' discourse representation theory (DRT) and to previous work on abstract objects in DRT (notably work on the semantics of the attitudes), the book turns to a semantic analysis of eventuality and abstract object denoting nominals in English. The book then substantially revises and extends the dynamic semantic framework of DRT to develop an analysis of anaphoric reference to abstract objects and eventualities that exploits discourse structure and the discourse relations that obtain between elements of the structure. A dynamic, semantically based theory of discourse structure (SDRT) is proposed, along with many illustrative examples. Two further chapters then provide the analysis of anaphoric reference to propositions VP ellipsis. The abstract entity anaphoric antecedents are elements of the discourse structures that SDRT develops. The final chapter discusses some logical and philosophical difficulties for a semantic analysis of reference to abstract objects. For semanticists, philosophers of language, computer scientists interested in natural language applications and discourse, philosophical logicians, graduate students in linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and artificial intelligence. |
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... Factive Presuppositions , and Individual Anaphora 178 5 . 5.1 More Abstract Nominals : Infinitivals and Projective Propositions Analysis of Infinitivals 180 180 5.2 Chierchia's Analysis of Infinitivals 184 CHAPTER 5 -- PROBLEMS FOR THE ...
... Factive Presuppositions , and Individual Anaphora 178 5 . 5.1 More Abstract Nominals : Infinitivals and Projective Propositions Analysis of Infinitivals 180 180 5.2 Chierchia's Analysis of Infinitivals 184 CHAPTER 5 -- PROBLEMS FOR THE ...
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... Factive contexts take a wider variety of nominals as arguments than pure propositional contexts . Again using Vendler's strategy , I conclude that within the typology of abstract objects , there are two distinct types -- those of ...
... Factive contexts take a wider variety of nominals as arguments than pure propositional contexts . Again using Vendler's strategy , I conclude that within the typology of abstract objects , there are two distinct types -- those of ...
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... factive and propositional contexts is more delicate . The distribution of nominals between them is very similar to that given by Vendler's observations about eventuality containers and abstract object containers ; the factive contexts ...
... factive and propositional contexts is more delicate . The distribution of nominals between them is very similar to that given by Vendler's observations about eventuality containers and abstract object containers ; the factive contexts ...
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... factive and propositional contexts show up with complex noun phrases of the form the fact that p , the claim that p and the indication that p . These nominals , I will assume , have an analysis on which the objects they denote are ...
... factive and propositional contexts show up with complex noun phrases of the form the fact that p , the claim that p and the indication that p . These nominals , I will assume , have an analysis on which the objects they denote are ...
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... factive and NI perception contexts . ( 51.d ) ( 51.d ) Everything John saw is a fact . Finally , let us consider factive and proposition contexts relative to the quantification test . Consider ( 52 ) in comparison to ( 51.d ) . Clearly ...
... factive and NI perception contexts . ( 51.d ) ( 51.d ) Everything John saw is a fact . Finally , let us consider factive and proposition contexts relative to the quantification test . Consider ( 52 ) in comparison to ( 51.d ) . Clearly ...
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2 | 217 |
ANAPHORA AND ABSTRACT ENTITIES | 225 |
3 | 235 |
5 | 242 |
2 | 251 |
Discourse Structure and Discourse Representation Theory | 262 |
Principles of Discourse Segmentation and SDRS Constituent | 269 |
3 | 275 |
6 | 79 |
Formalization of DRS Construction and DRS Interpretation | 95 |
ATTITUDES AND ATTITUDE DESCRIPTIONS | 111 |
Interpreting Attitude Ascriptions | 118 |
Attitudes Propositions and Representations | 128 |
Conclusions | 135 |
Syntactic and Semantic Assumptions and Basic Principles | 141 |
Derived Nominals | 149 |
Ofing Gerund Phrases and Bare Nominals | 163 |
That Clauses | 171 |
Infinitivals and Projective Propositions | 180 |
PROBLEMS FOR THE SEMANTICS OF NOMINALS | 190 |
Naked Infinitives | 204 |
1 | 299 |
CHAPTER 8 | 308 |
2 | 330 |
3 | 338 |
5 | 345 |
APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY OF DISCOURSE | 354 |
Concluding Thoughts on Abstract Entity Anaphora | 381 |
ITS PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS | 387 |
4 | 397 |
2 | 424 |
CONCLUSION | 434 |
73 | 451 |
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abstract entity anaphora abstract objects agent analysis anaphora resolution anaphoric reference antecedent argument place argument structure Asher belief chapter characterization clauses cognitive complement complex concept discourse referent constituent revision constraint context defined definition delineated DRS denote derived nominals discourse particles discourse referent introduced discourse relations discourse structure domain DR-theoretic structures DRS construction procedure embedding functions embedding tree event discourse referent event-type examples external anchor fact factive Fred gerund phrases infinitivals instance intentional frame interpretation IP gerunds John's K₁ K₂ lexically logical Mary matrix condition maximal model theory natural language metaphysics negation node noun phrases null determiner of-ing gerund open constituent partial DRS plural POSS-ing gerunds possible predicative DRS predicative DRSS principles projective propositions pronoun proper embedding quantifier scope SDRS SDRSS semantic semantic translation sentence sentential nominals subDRS theory topic translation tree isomorphism truth conditions updating VP ellipsis well-foundedness yields