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10Predicates and Temporal ArgumentsOxford University Press USA. 1999.A distinction is made in formal semantics between "stage-level predicates," predicates that describe the general state of a noun, and "individual-level predicates," predicates that specify the specific properties of a noun. Fernald investigates various contexts in which this distinction is traditionally said to come into play. His aim is to show that the effects displayed are not uniform, and that the differences between the analyses proposed in the literature arise from the authors considering …Read more
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15790 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Ariel Cohen Ann Copestake Robert CumminsLinguistics and Philosophy 24 789-790. 2001.
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Swarthmore CollegeRegular Faculty
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |