Dag Westerståhl
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 601468 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Dag Westerståhl |
| NOMBRES | Dag |
| APELLIDO | Westerståhl |
| FIRMA | WESTERSTÅHL D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9925-3811 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Introduction to the Special Issue
The semantics of exceptives
This paper gives a uniform account of the meaning of generalizations with explicit exceptions that employ the prepositions “but”, “except”, and “except for”. Our theory is that exceptives depend on generalizations, which can but need not be universal, whose generality they limit, and some of whose exceptions they comment on. Every generalization intrinsically partitions its domain of applicability into regular cases, which are as it says to expec…
Addendum to ‘The semantics of possessives’
As far as we know, the phenomenon of narrowing for possessives was dis-cussed for the first time in Barker (1995), with examples such as 1. (1) a. Most planets ’ rings are made of ice. b. Not every school’s linguistics program is as good as that one. Barker also proposed a general scheme for semantic interpretation of quantified (non-expanded) prenominal possessor DPs. His idea was to use a generalized quantifier that simultaneously binds two var…
The semantics of possessives
We investigate what possessives mean by examining a wide range of English examples, pre-and postnominal, quantified and nonquantified, to arrive at general, systematic truth conditions for them. In the process, we delineate a rich class of paradigmatic possessives having crosslinguistic interest, exploiting characteristic semantic properties. One is that all involve (implicit or explicit) quantification over possessed entities. Another is that th…
From constants to consequence, and back
Introduction
In Memoriam
Compositionality I
This is the first part of a two‐part article on semantic compositionality, that is, the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts and the way they are put together. Here we provide a brief historical background, a formal framework for syntax and semantics, precise definitions, and a survey of variants of compositionality. Stronger and weaker forms are distinguished, as well as generalized forms …
Compositionality II
This is the second part of a two-part article on compositionality, i.e. the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts and the way they are put together. In the first, Pagin and Westerståhl (2010), we provide a general historical background, a formal framework, definitions, and a survey of variants of compositionality. It will be referred to as Part I. Here we discuss arguments for and against th…
Classical vs. modern Squares of Opposition, and beyond
The main difference between the classical Aristotelian square of oppo- sition and the modern one is not, as many seem to think, that the classical square has or presupposes existential import. The difference lies in the relations holding along the sides of the square: (sub)contrariety and sub- alternation in the classical case, inner negation and dual in the modern case. This is why the modern square, but not the classical one, applies to any (ge…
Compositionality I
This is the first part of a two‐part article on semantic compositionality, that is, the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts and the way they are put together. Here we provide a brief historical background, a formal framework for syntax and semantics, precise definitions, and a survey of variants of compositionality. Stronger and weaker forms are distinguished, as well as generalized forms …
The semantics of possessives
We investigate what possessives mean by examining a wide range of English examples, pre-and postnominal, quantified and nonquantified, to arrive at general, systematic truth conditions for them. In the process, we delineate a rich class of paradigmatic possessives having crosslinguistic interest, exploiting characteristic semantic properties. One is that all involve (implicit or explicit) quantification over possessed entities. Another is that th…
Compositionality II
This is the second part of a two-part article on compositionality, i.e. the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts and the way they are put together. In the first, Pagin and Westerståhl (2010), we provide a general historical background, a formal framework, definitions, and a survey of variants of compositionality. It will be referred to as Part I. Here we discuss arguments for and against th…
In Memoriam
Compositionality I
This is the first part of a two‐part article on semantic compositionality, that is, the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts and the way they are put together. Here we provide a brief historical background, a formal framework for syntax and semantics, precise definitions, and a survey of variants of compositionality. Stronger and weaker forms are distinguished, as well as generalized forms …
Compositionality II
This is the second part of a two-part article on compositionality, i.e. the principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts and the way they are put together. In the first, Pagin and Westerståhl (2010), we provide a general historical background, a formal framework, definitions, and a survey of variants of compositionality. It will be referred to as Part I. Here we discuss arguments for and against th…
From constants to consequence, and back
Introduction
Addendum to ‘The semantics of possessives’
As far as we know, the phenomenon of narrowing for possessives was dis-cussed for the first time in Barker (1995), with examples such as 1. (1) a. Most planets ’ rings are made of ice. b. Not every school’s linguistics program is as good as that one. Barker also proposed a general scheme for semantic interpretation of quantified (non-expanded) prenominal possessor DPs. His idea was to use a generalized quantifier that simultaneously binds two var…
The semantics of possessives
We investigate what possessives mean by examining a wide range of English examples, pre-and postnominal, quantified and nonquantified, to arrive at general, systematic truth conditions for them. In the process, we delineate a rich class of paradigmatic possessives having crosslinguistic interest, exploiting characteristic semantic properties. One is that all involve (implicit or explicit) quantification over possessed entities. Another is that th…
The semantics of exceptives
This paper gives a uniform account of the meaning of generalizations with explicit exceptions that employ the prepositions “but”, “except”, and “except for”. Our theory is that exceptives depend on generalizations, which can but need not be universal, whose generality they limit, and some of whose exceptions they comment on. Every generalization intrinsically partitions its domain of applicability into regular cases, which are as it says to expec…
Classical vs. modern Squares of Opposition, and beyond
The main difference between the classical Aristotelian square of oppo- sition and the modern one is not, as many seem to think, that the classical square has or presupposes existential import. The difference lies in the relations holding along the sides of the square: (sub)contrariety and sub- alternation in the classical case, inner negation and dual in the modern case. This is why the modern square, but not the classical one, applies to any (ge…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Computer Science (7 obras) · Philosophy (7 obras) · Epistemology (6 obras) · Mathematics (6 obras) · Linguistics (5 obras) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 obras) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (3 obras) · Metaphysics (3 obras) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 obras)