1. Genericity and Logical Form.
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Koslicki, Kathrin
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SENTENCES (Grammar) ,LOGIC ,TOPIC & comment (Grammar) - Abstract
In this paper I propose a novel treatment of generic sentences, which proceeds by means of different levels of analysis. According to this account, all generic sentences (I-generics and D-generics alike) are initially treated in a uniform manner, as involving higher-order predication (following the work of George Boolos, James Higginbotham and Barry Schein on plurals). Their non-uniform character, however, re-emerges at subsequent levels of analysis, when the higher-order predications of the first level are cashed out in terms of quantification over individuals: this last step, I suggest, involves knowledge concerning the lexical meaning of the predicates in question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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