Bøger af Fred Landman

On the contrary, in my view, very often the essential insight in a diagnosis of what is going on in a certain semantic phenomenon takes place at the informal level. It is very easy, however, to be misled into thinking that a certain informal insight provides a satisfying analysis of a certain problem;

Explores a theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. This book provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories. It is useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language.

At the same time, Edit added, it would be nice if, rather than just presupposing or presenting a neo-Davidsonian framework to develop my analysis of plurality, I could provide a more general setting of the problems by discussing in some depth the archi tecture of event arguments and thematic roles.