The Generic Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226092928)

In an attempt to address the theoretical gap between linguistics and philosophy, a group of semanticists, calling itself the Generic Group, has worked to develop a common view of genericity. Their research has resulted in this book, which consists of a substantive introduction and eleven original articles on important aspects of the interpretation of generic expressions. The introduction provides a clear overview of the issues and synthesizes the major analytical approaches to them. Taken together, the papers that follow reflect the current state of the art in the semantics of generics, and afford insight into various generic phenomena.

Author: Gregory N. Carlson
ISBN-10: 0226092925
ISBN-13: 9780226092928
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1995
Pages: 474
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.10w x 1.09d