The categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition
This paper investigates certain puzzling predications about locations and physical objects. I argue first that locations and physical objects are distinct types of things. Locations and physical objects have different individuation conditions. So this should entail that nothing is both a location an...
| Otros Autores: | , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins
c2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 20. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798374906719 |
| Sumario: | This paper investigates certain puzzling predications about locations and physical objects. I argue first that locations and physical objects are distinct types of things. Locations and physical objects have different individuation conditions. So this should entail that nothing is both a location and a physical object. However, there are commonplace sentences in which terms seem to denote things that are both locations and physical objects. I provide a formal model for how to understand such sentences. |
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| Notas: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Descripción Física: | viii, 371 p. : ill |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781282154797 9786612154799 9789027292674 |
