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The paper deals with a problem in formal theory of quantification. Firstly, by way of examples, the author introduces important parts of the theory. Using type analysis, he presents a problem which stems from inadequacy of a rule concerning semantic interpretation of sentences involving n-ary predicates and quantifiers. The author proposes four distinct principles for specific types of sentences. They are generalized into a general semantic rule, which is, finally, applied to particular examples.
Filozofia (Philosophy)
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2011
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vol. 66
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issue 8
725 – 745
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The paper addresses the problem which consists in that the semantic content of an utterance is often much richer than the content fixed by the semantic conventions and compositionality. The semantic content of an utterance is, therefore, supposed to involve so-called inarticulate constituents, over and above those articulated at the linguistic level. It is often claimed that this problem undermines traditional conceptions of semantics. The paper shows that every inarticulate constituent has to be determined at the syntactic level. Consequently, there are no inarticulate constituents tout courts. This claim is resulting from a careful specification of the notions used to show that there are inarticulate constituents (the notion of sentence, the notion of expression, the notion of using as opposed to that of saying, etc.). Given these specifications, it is possible to develop a theory of syntactic ellipsis as a viable solution to the above mentioned problem.
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