Parts and Wholes in Semantics
Author | : Friederike Moltmann |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 1997-08-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195095746 |
ISBN-13 | : 019509574X |
Rating | : 4/5 (74X Downloads) |
Download or read book Parts and Wholes in Semantics written by Friederike Moltmann and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 1997-08-14 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moltmann provides a unified account of a broad range of English and cross linguistic data involving expressions of the notions of "part" and "whole". She presents a new theory of part structures in which the notion of an integrated whole plays a fundamental role, and in which the part structure of an entity may vary across different situations, perspectives, and dimensions.