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A Reader's Guide to Classic Papers in Formal SemanticsOn Bach’s “The Algebra of Events”

A Reader's Guide to Classic Papers in Formal Semantics: On Bach’s “The Algebra of Events” [Emmon Bach’s short 1986 paper was a milestone in the study of aspect, exploring the parallels between aspectual properties of verbs and verb phrases on the one hand, and the mass/count distinction on the other. As he himself points out, he was not the first to notice these parallels, but his paper played a crucial role in bringing the topic to the attention of semanticists and syntacticians. The paper identifies the issues which need to be explored, focusing attention on the nature of the relation between telicity and countability.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Reader's Guide to Classic Papers in Formal SemanticsOn Bach’s “The Algebra of Events”

Part of the Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy Book Series (volume 100)
Editors: McNally, Louise; Szabó, Zoltán Gendler

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-85307-5
Pages
17 –31
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-85308-2_2
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Abstract

[Emmon Bach’s short 1986 paper was a milestone in the study of aspect, exploring the parallels between aspectual properties of verbs and verb phrases on the one hand, and the mass/count distinction on the other. As he himself points out, he was not the first to notice these parallels, but his paper played a crucial role in bringing the topic to the attention of semanticists and syntacticians. The paper identifies the issues which need to be explored, focusing attention on the nature of the relation between telicity and countability.]

Published: Aug 6, 2022

Keywords: Events; Count-mass distinction; Cumulativity; Homogeneity; Telicity; Boundedness

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