Algebraic semantics in language and philosophy
By: Godehard Link.
Series: CSLI lecture notes ;; no. 74
Publisher: CSLI Publications; Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number.; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers.; Semantics (Philosophy); Language and logic.; Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415) and indexes.
Collection of 14 essays, seven of which have been previously published.
Table of contents: title: The logical analysis of plurals and mass terms; title: Plural; title: Hydras : on the logic of relative clause constructions with multiple heads; title: Generalized quantifiers and plurals; title: Je drei Äpfel = Three apples each : quantification and the German je; title: First-order axioms for the logic of plurality; title: Ten years of research on plurals : where do we stand?; title: Algebraic semantics for natural language : some philosophy, some applications; title: Quantity and number; title: The French Revolution; title: a philosophical event?; title: Algebraic semantics of event structures; title: The ontology of individuals and events; title: The philosophy of plurality; title: Mereology, second-order logic, and set theory; title: Appendix : a chapter in lattice theory.