ARE QUANTIFIER PHRASES ALWAYS QUANTIFICATIONAL? THE CASE OF ‘EVERY F’

• Autorzy: Pierre Baumann
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper argues that English quantifier phrases of the form ‘every F’ admit of a literal referential interpretation, contrary to the standard semantic account of this expression, according to which it denotes a set and a second-order relation. Various arguments are offered in favour of the referential interpretation, and two likely objections to it are forestalled.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

DETERMINERS; QUANTIFIER THEORY; QUANTIFIERS; REFERENCE

• Wydawca: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Czasopismo: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 20
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 143 – 172

Twórcy

autor

Pierre Baumann

• Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 21572, San Juan, PR 00931-1572, Puerto Rico,