Reference to Abstract Objects in DiscourseSpringer Science & Business Media, 6 груд. 2012 р. - 455 стор. 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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... Clauses 171 4.1 That Clauses Differ from DPs 171 4.2 N ' - CP Constructions 172 4.3 That Clause Constructions , Factive Presuppositions , and Individual Anaphora 178 5 . 5.1 More Abstract Nominals : Infinitivals and Projective ...
... Clauses 171 4.1 That Clauses Differ from DPs 171 4.2 N ' - CP Constructions 172 4.3 That Clause Constructions , Factive Presuppositions , and Individual Anaphora 178 5 . 5.1 More Abstract Nominals : Infinitivals and Projective ...
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... clauses , verb phrases , whole sentences , or even whole discourses furnishes antecedents to pronouns in these ... clause , or indeed a sequence of sentences may furnish antecedents in abstract entity anaphora . But other examples ...
... clauses , verb phrases , whole sentences , or even whole discourses furnishes antecedents to pronouns in these ... clause , or indeed a sequence of sentences may furnish antecedents in abstract entity anaphora . But other examples ...
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... clauses are another form of sentential nominal : ( 6 ) that Sam greeted Susan . That clauses also have meanings correlated with those of sentences ; but as we shall see , they are quite different semantically from of - ing gerunds and ...
... clauses are another form of sentential nominal : ( 6 ) that Sam greeted Susan . That clauses also have meanings correlated with those of sentences ; but as we shall see , they are quite different semantically from of - ing gerunds and ...
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... clauses , do not take articles or adjectival modification . Infinitivals would also fall under this category , though Vendler does not use ... clauses are complete syntactic clauses ( with standard grammatical FROM EVENTS TO PROPOSITIONS 19.
... clauses , do not take articles or adjectival modification . Infinitivals would also fall under this category , though Vendler does not use ... clauses are complete syntactic clauses ( with standard grammatical FROM EVENTS TO PROPOSITIONS 19.
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Nicholas Asher. that clauses are complete syntactic clauses ( with standard grammatical functions ) ; POSS - ing gerund phrases , however , take subjects only by means of possessive modifiers . POSS - ing gerund phrases take possessive ...
Nicholas Asher. that clauses are complete syntactic clauses ( with standard grammatical functions ) ; POSS - ing gerund phrases , however , take subjects only by means of possessive modifiers . POSS - ing gerund phrases take possessive ...
Зміст
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