ISBN:
9781000525311
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (182 pages)
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DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
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Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Symbols -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Deontic Modeling -- 2.1: Lewis's model for deontic negotiation -- 2.2: Generalizing to 'spurious concession' -- 2.3: Coordination of commands and permissions -- 2.4: Merin's Discourse Institution -- 2.5: Conclusions: problems for modeling deontic negotiation -- Chapter 3: Scalar Interpretation -- 3.1: Implicature: Grice (1975, 1978) -- 3.2: Linguistic Scales: Horn (1972) -- 3.3: Scale Reversal: Fauconnier (1975, 1978) -- 3.4: Conversational Maxims Revisited: Horn (1984) -- 3.5: Beyond Linear Scales: Hirschberg (1985) -- 3.6: Conclusions: problems for modeling scalar meaning -- Chpater 4: Possible Worlds -- 4.1: Dynamic Semantics -- 4.2: Branching Time -- 4.3: The problem with possible worlds -- Chapter 5: Situations -- 5.1: Lumps of Thought -- 5.2: Thin particulars, thick particulars, and situations -- 5.3: Situations for deontic modeling -- 5.4: Will situations solve our problems? -- 5.5: Rescue in sight? -- Chapter 6: States -- 6.1: SOAs as Primitives -- 6.2: Defining PER and COM -- 6.3: Application: an example -- 6.4: Negation, retraction, and repeated events -- 6.5: The obligation set -- 6.6: Remaining problems -- Chapter 7: Events -- 7.1: Primitive notions defined -- 7.2: No negative events? -- 7.3: The model in action -- 7.4: Event Decomposition -- Chapter 8: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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