Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse
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&#...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
| Series: | Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 4. Sloppy Identity
- 5. Concluding Thoughts on Abstract Entity Anaphora
- 6. Appendix of Definitions and Constraints for Concept Anaphora
- 10 — Model Theory for Abstract Entities and its Philosophical Implications
- 1. First Order or Higher Order DRT?
- 2. Intentional Frames and Intensional Contents
- 3. Problems of Self-Reference
- 4. Two Arguments for a Representational Theory of Abstract Entities
- 5. Metaphysical Representationalism and Metaphysical Reduction
- 6. Technical Appendix
- Conclusion
- 1. The Problem of Discourse Structure and Anaphora
- 2. Discourse Structure and Discourse Representation Theory
- 3. Discourse Relations and Their Semantics
- 4. Principles of Discourse Segmentation and SDRS Constituent Construction
- 5. Revision of Constituents after Updating
- 6. Taking Stock
- 7. Appendix of Definitions and Constraints in Chapter 7
- 8 - Applying the Theory of Discourse Structure to the Anaphoric Phenomena
- 1. Constraints on Abstract Object Anaphora Derived from an SDRS: Availability and Well-Foundedness
- 2. Some Examples of Proposition Anaphora
- 3. Availability, Anaphora and Constituent Revision
- 4. Discourse Subordination
- 5. Event and Plural Anaphora Revisited
- 6. Anaphoric Connections Across Different Abstract Types
- 7. Conclusions About Abstract Anaphora
- 9 — Applications of The Theory of Discourse Structure to Concept Anaphora and Vp Ellipsis
- 1. Extending SDRS Theory
- 2. Examples of Overt Concept Anaphora
- 3. VP Ellipsis
- 1 — From Events to Propositions: A Tour of Abstract Entities, Eventualities and the Nominals That Denote Them
- 1. Distributional Data and the Typology of Abstract Entities
- 2. Quantification, Abstract Object Anaphora and the Typology of Abstract Objects
- 3. Principles of Summation and Structured Domains for Abstract Entities
- 4. Provisional Conclusions
- 2 - A Crash Course in Drt
- 1. A Philosophical Overview of the Aims of Discourse Representation Theory
- 2. The Basic Fragment
- 3. Expanding the Fragment: Events in DRT
- 4. Plurals in DRT
- 5. Appendix: Formalization of DRS Construction and DRS Interpretation
- 3 — Attitudes and Attitude Descriptions
- 1. Attitudes and Attitude Formation
- 2. Attitudes, Operators, and Predicates
- 3. Interpreting Attitude Ascriptions
- 4. Concepts and Attitudes
- 5. Attitudes, Propositions, and Representations
- 6. Conclusions
- 4 — The Semantic Representation for Sentential Nominals
- 1. Syntactic and Semantic Assumptions and Basic Principles
- 2. Derived Nominals
- 3. Of-ing Gerund Phrases and Bare Nominals
- 4. That Clauses
- 5. More Abstract Nominals: Infinitivais and Projective Propositions
- 5 — Problems For The Semantics Of Nominals
- 1. IP Gerunds and Some Data About Them
- 2. The Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of IP Gerunds
- 3. Naked Infinitives 204
- 4. Correspondences and Connections Between Abstract Objects
- 5. The Problem of Event Negation Solved
- 6. Conclusions Concerning DRS Construction for Nominals: Lessons for Natural Language Metaphysics
- 6 — Anaphora and Abstract Entities
- 1. Toward a Unified Analysis of Abstract Entity Anaphora
- 2. Event Anaphora
- 3. Event-Type Anaphora and Using Event-Types to Construct Event Sums
- 4. Proposition Anaphora
- 5. Fact Anaphora
- 6. Concept Anaphora in DRT
- 7— A Theory Of Discourse Structure for an Analysis of Abstract Entity Anaphora