Think Generic!: The Meaning and Use of Generic Sentences

by Ariel Cohen

Book Overview

Our knowledge about the world is often expressed by generic sentences, yet their meanings are far from clear. This book provides answers to central problems concerning generics: what do they mean? Which factors affect their interpretation? How can one reason with generics? Cohen proposes that the meanings of generics are probability judgments, and shows how this view accounts for many of their puzzling properties, including lawlikeness. Generics are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575862077
• ISBN13: 9781575862071
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"