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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454570003321

Autore

Wetzel Linda <1951->

Titolo

Types and tokens [[electronic resource] ] : on abstract objects / / Linda Wetzel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009

ISBN

0-262-26614-8

1-282-69481-2

9786612694813

0-262-25927-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

111/.2

Soggetti

Type and token (Linguistics)

Language and languages - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

There is a widely recognized but infrequently discussed distinction between the spatiotemporal furniture of the world (tokens) and the types of which they are instances. In this book, Linda Wetzel examines the distinction between types and tokens and argues that types exist.