Oxford University Press (1997)
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This book present a unified semantic theory of expressions involving the notions of part and whole. It develops a theory of part structures which differs from traditional (extensional) mereological theories in that the notion of an integrated whole plays a central role and in that the part structure of an entity is allowed to vary across different situations, perspectives, and dimensions. The book presents a great range of empirical generalizations involving plurals, mass nouns, adnominal and adverbial modifiers such as 'whole', 'together', and 'alone', nominal and adverbial quanitfiers ranging over parts, and expressions of completion such as 'completely' and 'partly'.
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Keywords | whole and parts (Philosophy) situations plurals mereology mass-count distinction |
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Reprint years | 2003 |
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Call number | P325.M59 1997 |
ISBN(s) | 0195154932 9780195154931 |
DOI | 10.1023/a:1014347214919 |
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