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1 online resource (xiii, 381 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy Ser. ; v. 105 |
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Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy Ser
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Lecture one: Mountains and Icebergs -- Lecture two: Basic Iceberg Semantics -- Lecture three: Iceberg Semantics for Modifiers -- Lecture four: Classifiers and Measures -- Lecture five: Iceberg Semantics for Classifiers and Measures -- Lecture six: Iceberg Semantics for Mass Nouns -- Lecture seven: Neat Mass Nouns -- Lecture eight: Iceberg Semantics for Partitives and Fission Shift -- Lecture nine: Notes on Abstract Mass Nouns |
| Summary |
Iceberg semantics is a new framework of Boolean semantics for mass nouns and count nouns in which the interpretation of a noun phrase rises up from a generating base and floats with its base on its Boolean part set, like an iceberg. The framework is shown to preserve the attractive features of classical Boolean semantics for count nouns; the book argues that Iceberg semantics forms a much better framework for studying mass nouns than the classical theory does. Iceberg semantics uses its notion of base to develop a semantic theory of the differences between mass nouns and count nouns and between different types of mass nouns, in particular between prototypical mass nouns (here called mess mass nouns) like water and mud versus object mass nouns (here called neat mass nouns) like poultry and pottery. The book shows in detail how and why neat mass nouns pattern semantically both with mess mass nouns and with count nouns. Iceberg semantics is a compositional theory and in Iceberg semantics the semantic distinctions defined apply to noun phrases of any complexity. The book studies in depth the semantics of classifier noun phrases (like three glasses of wine) and measure noun phrases (like three liters of wine). The classical wisdom is that classifier interpretations are count. Recent literature has argued compellingly that measure interpretations are mass. The book shows that both connections follow from the basic architecture of Iceberg semantics. Audience: Scholars and students in linguistics - in particular semantics, pragmatics, computational linguistics and syntax - and neighbouring disciplines like logic, philosophy of language, and cognitive science |
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References -- Chapter 4: Sorting and Unsorting -- 4.1 Sorted Domains -- 4.2 The Gold Paradox -- 4.3 Sorting to the Limit: Homogeneity -- 4.4 The Supremum Argument -- 4.4.1 Furniture and Pavarottiś Hair -- 4.4.2 On Buying Furniture -- 4.4.3 The Mad Wigmaker -- 4.4.4 Dual Perspective Intensionality -- 4.5 Portioning -- 4.6 Whither Mountain Semantics? -- 4.7 Problems of Unsorting -- 4.7.1 The Problem of Distribution -- 4.7.2 EXCURSUS: Rothstein 2010 (and Krifka 1989, 1995) -- 4.7.3 Grammatical Solutions to Distribution -- References -- Chapter 5: Iceberg Semantics for Count Nouns |
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Semantics -- Mathematical models.
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc.
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Mathematical theory of computation.
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Grammar, syntax & morphology.
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Semantics & pragmatics.
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Philosophy of language.
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Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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Mathematics -- Logic.
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Language Arts & Disciplines -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Pragmatics.
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Philosophy -- Reference.
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Semantics -- Mathematical models
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030427115 |
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3030427110 |
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