Sorts, ontology, and metaphor : the semantics of sortal structure / Shalom Lappin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lappin, Shalom.

Series:

Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition / Foundations of Communication and Cognition

Foundations of communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Sorts, Ontology, and Metaphor".

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Part I

Chapter 1: Syntactic Theories

Chapter 2: Linguistic Semantics

Chapter 3: Philosophical Theories

Chapter 4: Significance Logics: The Goddard-Routley Program

Chapter 5: Formal Semantics

Part II

Chapter 6: A Criterion of Sortal Incorrectness

Chapter 7: Sortal Incorrectness, Ontological Categories, and Semantic Well-Formedness

Chapter 8: Sortal Incorrectness and Metaphor

Part III

Appendix A: A Theory of Sortal Incorrectness

Appendix Β: Extensions of the Theory

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes ibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110837254

3110837250

OCLC:

922945636