24.1904, Books: Abstract Objects and the Semantics of Natural Language: Moltmann

Thu May 2 14:00:56 UTC 2013

LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1904. Thu May 02 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.1904, Books: Abstract Objects and the Semantics of Natural Language: Moltmann

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Veronika Drake, U of Wisconsin Madison
Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin Madison
Rajiv Rao, U of Wisconsin Madison
Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin Madison
Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin Madison
       <reviews at linguistlist.org>

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Do you want to donate to LINGUIST without spending an extra penny? Bookmark
the Amazon link for your country below; then use it whenever you buy from
Amazon!

USA: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-20
Britain: http://www.amazon.co.uk/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-21
Germany: http://www.amazon.de/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistd-21
Japan: http://www.amazon.co.jp/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-22
Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistc-20
France: http://www.amazon.fr/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistf-21

For more information on the LINGUIST Amazon store please visit our
FAQ at http://linguistlist.org/amazon-faq.cfm.

Editor for this issue: Rebekah McClure <rebekah at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 10:00:36
From: Annie Leyman [annie.leyman at oup.com]
Subject: Abstract Objects and the Semantics of Natural Language: Moltmann

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=24-1904.html&submissionid=11450499&topicid=2&msgnumber=1

Title: Abstract Objects and the Semantics of Natural Language 
Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us

Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199608744.do 

Author: Friederike Moltmann

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199608744 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 40.00

Abstract:

Abstract objects have been a central topic in philosophy since antiquity.
Philosophers have defended various views about abstract objects by appealing
to metaphysical considerations, considerations regarding mathematics or
science, and, not infrequently, intuitions about natural language. This book
pursues the question of how and whether natural language allows for reference
to abstract objects in a fully systematic way. By making full use of
contemporary linguistic semantics, it presents a much greater range of
linguistic generalizations than has previously been taken into consideration
in philosophical discussions, and it argues for an ontological picture is very
different from that generally taken for granted by philosophers and
semanticists alike. Reference to abstract objects such as properties, numbers,
propositions, and degrees is considerably more marginal than generally held.
Instead, natural language is rather generous in allowing reference to
particularized properties (tropes), the use of nonreferential expressions in
apparent referential position, and the use of 'nominalizing expressions', such
as quantifiers like 'something'. Reference to abstract objects is achieved
generally only by the use of 'reifying terms', such as 'the number eight'.

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language
                     Semantics

Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=65372

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl	

	Cambridge Scholars Publishing          
		http://www.c-s-p.org	

	Cambridge University Press          
		http://us.cambridge.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Bloomsbury Publishing
	(formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	De Gruyter Mouton          
		http://www.degruyter.com/mouton	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
		http://www.emeraldinsight.com/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	European Language Resources Association - ELRA          
		http://www.elra.info.	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	Hodder Education          
		http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Morgan & Claypool Publishers          

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG          
		http://www.narr.de/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springer.com	

	University of Toronto Press          
		http://www.utpjournals.com/	

	Wiley-Blackwell          
		http://www.wiley.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
		http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm 

	International Pragmatics Assoc.
		http://www.ipra.be 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	SIL International
		http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 

	University of Nebraska Press
		http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/catalog/CategoryInfo.aspx?cid=152

	Utrecht institute of Linguistics
		http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ 

----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1904	
----------------------------------------------------------