LEADER 05428oam 2200781I 450 001 9910450897403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-88566-4 010 $a1-280-17568-0 010 $a9786610175680 010 $a0-203-01019-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203010198 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251714 035 $a(EBL)214530 035 $a(OCoLC)252701838 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000197350 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198728 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197350 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10154427 035 $a(PQKB)11310113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC214530 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL214530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10161653 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL17568 035 $a(OCoLC)826514594 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251714 100 $a20130331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManifestations of genericity /$fby Yael Greenberg 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 225 1 $aOutstanding dissertations in linguistics 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Bar-Ilan University, 2002. 311 $a0-415-86137-3 311 $a0-415-96777-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Manifestations of Genericity; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Comparing Sentences with Generically Interpreted Indefinite Singular (IS) and Bare Plural (BP) Subjects: The Traditional Approach and its Problems; 1. Introduction; 2. A brief review of central genericity phenomena and analyses; 2.1 Genericity in English; 2.2 The I (characteristic)/D (kind) genericity distinction; 2.3 Relevance of the characteristic/kind distinction to the IS/BP distinction; 2.4 The Basic Semantic Structure of Characteristic (I-) Generics 327 $a2.5 The Semantics of the generic operator-the modal approach2.5.1 Tolerance of exceptions, law likeness, and counterfactual support of characteristic generics; 2.5.2 Kratzer's (1981) analysis of nongeneric modal verbs and its application to the semantics of gen.; 2.6 Summary; 3. Unexpected differences between minimal pairs of is and BP sentences; 3.1 Differences between IS and BP sentences in temporally modified sentences; 3.2 Differences in the level of "law-likeness" and type of rules expressed by IS and Bp sentences; 3.2.1 The original intuition; 3.2.2 Problems with the original intuition 327 $a3.3 Unexpected differences between minimal pairsof IS and BP sentences with subjects expressing"extremely unnatural classes"3.4 Unexpected differences between minimal pairsof IS and BP sentences with VPs expressing"Extremely Unconnected Properties" orextremely unconnected properties; 3.5 The different effect of the presence/absence of contextual support on the felicity of BP and IS sentences ...; 3.5.1 "Out of the blue" vs. contextually supported IS and BP sentences; 3.5.2 Contextual support does not always help: Is sentences in pure inductive scenarios 327 $a3.6 IS and BP sentences which do not differ so much4. Parallels between the IS/BP distinction in temporally restricted and classic generic constructions; 5. the basic intuition; 5.1 Carlson's (1995) distinction between the"inductive" and the "rules and regulations"approaches toTo (I-) genericity ...; 5.2 The intuitive underlying difference between is and BP sentences; 6. An outline of this work; Chapter 2. "in Virtue of" Generalizations, and the Semantics and Pragmatics of is Sentences; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Basic Characteristics of IS Sentences; 1.2 The basic intuition 327 $a1.3 The Direction of Formalization: "in virtue of"properties restricting the accessibility relation of IS sentences ...1.4 The pragmatic aspects in the semantics of IS sentences and their formalization; 2. Ability of previous theories to account for the data; 2.1 Krifka (1987): modality vs. nonmodality; 2.2 Unspecified modal base of I- generics-Krifka et al. (1995) and Krifka (1995); 2.3 Cohen (2001): IS sentences as expressing rules; 3. Chierchia's (1995) and Brennan's (1993) theories: a formalization of the "in virtue of" intuition 327 $a3.1 Chierchia (1995): "felicity conditions" restricting the accessibility relation 330 $aIn this book, Yael Greenberg discusses and clarifies a number of controversial issues and phenomena in the generic literature, including the existence of ""episodic genericity,"" existential presuppositions, and contextual restrictions of generics. 410 0$aOutstanding dissertations in linguistics. 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSentences 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax 606 $aGenericalness (Linguistics) 606 $aSemantics 606 $aPragmatics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSentences. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax. 615 0$aGenericalness (Linguistics) 615 0$aSemantics. 615 0$aPragmatics. 676 $a415 700 $aGreenberg$b Yael.$0965777 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450897403321 996 $aManifestations of genericity$92191325 997 $aUNINA