The Generic Book

In an attempt to address the theoretical gap between linguistics and philosophy, a group of semanticists, calling itself the Generic Group, has worked to develop a common view of genericity. Their research has resulted in this book, which consists of a substantive introduction and eleven original articles on important aspects of the interpretation of generic expressions. The introduction provides a clear overview of the issues and synthesizes the major analytical approaches to them. Taken together, the papers that follow reflect the current state of the art in the semantics of generics, and afford insight into various generic phenomena.

Summary

The articles in this work examine aspects of the interpretation of generic expressions. The introduction provides an overview of various issues and synthesizes analytical approaches to them. The papers that follow collectively reflect the state of the art in the semantics of generics.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory N. Carlson
• Assisted by: Greg N. Carlson (Editor), Gregory N. Carlson (Editor), Francis J. Pelletier (Editor), Francis Jeffry Pelletier (Editor), Pelletier Francis Jeffry (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1995
• EAN: 9780226092928
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09292-8
• No. of pages: 474
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc