Weak Uniqueness: The Only Difference Between Definites and Indefinites
Weak Uniqueness: The Only Difference Between Definites and Indefinites
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弱唯一性：定数和不定数之间的唯一区别
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发表时间：
2012
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通讯作者：
D. Beaver
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作者：
E. Coppock;D. Beaver
我们认为谓词 the 是一个恒等函数，为满足弱唯一性的谓词定义：如果存在 F，则只有一个。谓语定语并不预设存在，反唯一性效应证明了这一点，例如“斯科特不是《韦弗利》的唯一作者”这一事实意味着《韦弗利》的作者不止一位。将定语的唯一性和存在性成分分开，使定语和不定语更加紧密地结合在一起：定语和不定冠词都被认为是谓词上的恒等函数，不同之处仅在于后者缺乏弱唯一性预设。此外，论证定词和不定词的含义可以使用引入存在的相同一般机制从谓语含义导出。存在通常与论证不定式有关，并以论证定式为前提。然而，我们观察到，在我们的“依赖概括”中描述的条件下，反唯一性效应也会随着论证定义而出现。我们以此来表明存在可能与论证定值存在争议，并且我们根据与所讨论问题的相关性推导出依赖概括。
We argue that predicative the is an identity function that is defined for predicates that satisfy weak uniqueness: if there is an F, then there is only one. Predicative definites do not presuppose existence, as evidenced by anti-uniqueness effects, for example the fact that ‘Scott is not the only author of Waverley’ implies that there is more than one author of Waverley. Separating the uniqueness and existence components of definites brings definites and indefinites closer together: The definite and indefinite articles are both argued to be identity functions on predicates, differing only in that the latter lacks the weak uniqueness presupposition. Furthermore, the meaning of argumental definites and indefinites can be derived from the predicative meanings using the same general mechanisms that introduce existence. Existence is generally at-issue with argumental indefinites and presupposed with argumental definites. However, we observe that anti-uniqueness effects arise with argumental definites as well, under conditions described in our ‘Dependence Generalization’. We take this to show that existence can be at-issue with argumental definites, and we derive the Dependence Generalization in terms of relevance to the question under discussion.
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DOI：
10.1093/jos/ffq022
发表时间：
2011
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J. Semant.
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作者：
Löbner;Sebastian
通讯作者：
Sebastian