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9780792322429
Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse
by Asher, Nicholas
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- ISBN-13: 9780792322429
- ISBN: 0792322428
- Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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Preface. Introduction. 1. From Events to Propositions: a Tour of Abstract Entities, Eventualities and the Nominals that Denote them. 2. A Crash Course in DRT. 3. Attitudes and Attitude Descriptions. 4. The Semantic Representation for Sentential Nominals. 5. Problems for the Semantics of Nominals. 6. Anaphora and Abstract Entities. 7. A Theory of Discourse Structure for an Analysis of Abstract Entity Anaphora. 8. Applying the Theory of Discourse Structure to the Anaphoric Phenomena. 9. Applications of the Theory of Discourse Structure to Concept Anaphora and VP Ellipsis. 10. Model Theory for Abstract Entities and its Philosophical Implications. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.Asher, Nicholas is the author of 'Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse' with ISBN 9780792322429 and ISBN 0792322428.
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