The Reference of Indefinites
The Reference of Indefinites
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2000
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K. Heusinger
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K. Heusinger
在本文中，我认为不确定NPs具有比通常假设的更复杂的参考性质，并且这种结构必须反映在它们的语义表示中。根据Frege和Russell的经典观点，一个不定NP由一个存在量词、一个变量、该变量在主谓词实元位置的限制和出现来表示。因此，在表面上与不定NP没有明确的对应关系。将句子(1)翻译成公式（2a），其中不定NP a man对应于谓词walk的实参位置和谓词man(x)中的变量x。该公式指定谓词表示的两个集合的交集非空。模型理论解释（2b）将变量x与满足两个谓词的对象d联系起来，将定语物质人与断言物质人等同对待。因此，在表征层面上，不定NP不被表示为一个独立的表达式。这一概念在语义学中被广泛接受，并在当前的语义学理论中得以发现。
In this paper I argue that indefinite NPs have a more complex referential nature than is usually supposed, and that this structure must be reflected in their semantic representation. According to the classical view due to Frege and Russell, an indefinite NP is represented by an existential quantifier, a variable, the restriction and the occurrence of the variable in the argument position of the main predicate. Hence, there is no clear correspondence to the indefinite NP on the surface. Sentence (1) is translated into the formula (2a), in which the indefinite NP a man corresponds to the variable x in the argument position of the predicate walk and in the predication man(x). The formula specifies that the intersection of the two sets denoted by the predicates is non-empty. The model-theoretic interpretation (2b) links the variable x to an object d that fulfills both predicates, treating the attributive material man on par with the assertive material walk. Hence, at the representational level, the indefinite NP is not represented as an independent expression. This conception has been widely accepted in semantics and can be found in current semantic theories.