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'And': Conjunction Reduction Redux (MIT Press)
Barry Schein
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 28 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178. .
A bold argument that and always means &, the truth-functional sentential connective. In this book, Barry Schein argues that and is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. And always means &, across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in natural language. Schein examines the constructions that challenge his thesis, and shows that the objections disappear when these constructions are translated into Eventish, a neo-Davidsonian event semantics, and, enlarged with Cinerama Semantics, a vocabulary for spatial orientation and navigation. Besides rescuing ... Read more
A bold argument that and always means &, the truth-functional sentential connective. In this book, Barry Schein argues that and is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. And always means &, across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in natural language. Schein examines the constructions that challenge his thesis, and shows that the objections disappear when these constructions are translated into Eventish, a neo-Davidsonian event semantics, and, enlarged with Cinerama Semantics, a vocabulary for spatial orientation and navigation. Besides rescuing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
1040
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262035637
SKU
V9780262035637
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About Barry Schein
Barry Schein is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Southern California and the author of Plurals and Events (MIT Press).
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