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Plurality, Conjunction and Events

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  1. Peter Lasersohn

    1. Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 55)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Collective and Distributive Readings: History and Range of Possible Analyses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Logical Form

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 4-11

    3. The NP/S Analysis

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 12-25

    4. The Relational/S Analysis

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 26-32

    5. The S/S Analysis

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 33-54

    6. Two Types of NP/NP Analysis

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 55-68

    7. Interlude on Collective Action and Colors

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 69-80

    8. Locating the Ambiguity

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 81-127

    9. How Many Readings?

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 128-144

    10. On the Structure of Groups

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 145-168

    11. The Event-Free Fragment

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 169-178

  3. Events in the Semantics of Plurality and Conjunction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-181
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    2. Earlier Work on Collectivizing Adverbials

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 182-217

    3. Return to an Event-Based Analysis

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 218-237

    4. Pluractional Markers

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 238-266

    5. Unifying the Semantics of Conjunction

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 267-286

  4. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Peter Lasersohn
      Pages 287-289

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 290-307
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About this book

Plurality, Conjunction and Events presents a novel theory of plural and conjoined phrases, in an event-based semantic framework. It begins by reviewing options for treating the alternation between `collective' and `distributive' readings of sentences containing plural or conjoined noun phrases, including analyses from both the modern and the premodern literature. It is argued that plural and conjoined noun phrases are unambiguously group-denoting, and that the collective/distributive distinction therefore must be located in the predicates with which these noun phrases combine. More specifically, predicates must have a hidden argument place for events; the collective/distributive distinction may then be represented in the part/whole structure of these events. This allows a natural treatment of `collectivizing' adverbial expressions, and of `pluractional' affixes; it also allows a unified semantics for conjunction, in which conjoined sentences and predicates denote groups of events, much like conjoined noun phrases denote groups of individuals.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, USA

    Peter Lasersohn

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plurality, Conjunction and Events

  • Authors: Peter Lasersohn

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8581-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3238-1Published: 31 December 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4494-5Published: 16 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8581-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 308

  • Topics: Semantics, Theoretical Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Logic

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