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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 20. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798374906719 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Physical Description: | viii, 371 p. : ill |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781282154797 9786612154799 9789027292674 |
