30.1754, Disc: Review of 'Essays on Linguistic Realism'

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1754. Tue Apr 23 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1754, Disc: Review of 'Essays on Linguistic Realism'

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:46:32
From: Hans-Heinrich Lieb [lieb at zedat.fu-berlin.de]
Subject: Review of 'Essays on Linguistic Realism'

 
Read Review: http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-1644.html 

A note to the reviewer: A very decent review of the book. As for Lieb's
contribution: a pity the main body of the contribution has not been
discussed,it presents it's own version of linguistic realism. As for
definitions of ''abstract'' and ''concrete'': ''abstract'' is defined as
''non-concrete'' but there has been a change in the definition of ''concrete''
from Lieb (1992): ''concrete'' now means: belonging to SPECIFIC sorts on the
zero-level, which are simply objects in space and time and events in space and
time, and, possibly, mental states and events - that's all. So there is
definitional clarity. It follows that any other sort on the zero-Level is
abstract. A definition of ''abstract'' independently of ''concrete'' is not
attempted.



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories



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