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Genericity and Quantification

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2012, 39(), pp.51-76
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Jun, Youngchul 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

We treat genericity as a sort of quantification which has a tripartite structure as its proper semantic representation. Semantic characteristics of Korean generic expressions are accounted for through tripartite structures. First of all, we discuss why the two kinds of genericity, i.e. generic sentences and generic noun phrases are separated from each other. Then we discuss the similarity and the difference between them in terms of their tripartite structures. On the other hand, it will be argued that individual-level as well as stage-level predicates have a situation variable, and that genericity is much influenced by pragmatic factors.

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