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Márta Maleczki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Weak Subjects in Fixed Space
Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 1999Co-Authors: Márta MaleczkiAbstract:The paper investigates how sentential predicates influence whether an indefinite (weak) subject has weak or Strong Interpretation. It is argued that these Interpretational possibilities are determined by the specifying or non-specifying character of the predicate, which in turn depends on other predicate properties. The results of examining telic/atelic, bounded/unbounded, stage-level/individual-level distinctions is that it is telicity and locatedness that can make a predicate specifying. The main claim is that the whole story is the result of a general specifying criterion. English, Hungarian and French data are considered during the argumentation.
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Semantic relationships between verbs and their arguments
Language Sciences, 1996Co-Authors: Márta MaleczkiAbstract:Abstract In English and Hungarian there are some verbs and constructions that do not allow definite arguments in certain positions (Definiteness Effect). This phenomenon is related to the ambiguous, weak or Strong Interpretation of indefinite noun phrases. In Hungarian productive noun incorporation is possible if the verb exhibits the definiteness restriction. In this paper a model-theoretic account of these phenomena will be presented. Two disjunct structures of entities (objects and events) are used for modelling nominal and verbal denotations. The direction and other properties of the functions linking them will give an explanation to the peculiarities of the linguistic data examined. It is shown that the seemingly different constraints can be traced back to the same general mathematical properties of the semantic model.
Oliver Rashbrook - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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An Appearance of Succession Requires a Succession of Appearances
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2012Co-Authors: Oliver RashbrookAbstract:A familiar slogan in the literature on temporal experience is that ‘a succession of appearances, in and of itself, does not amount to an experience of succession’. I show that we can distinguish between a Strong and a weak sense of this slogan. I diagnose the Strong Interpretation of the slogan as requiring the support of an assumption I call the ‘SeemsSeemed’ claim. I then show that commitment to this assumption comes at a price: if we accept it, we either have to reject the extremely plausible idea that experience is as it seems, or we are forced to provide an account of temporal experience that isn’t compatible with the phenomenology. I conclude by noting that the only plausible Interpretation of the slogan is the weak Interpretation, and outline a positive account of temporal experience, according to which an appearance of succession requires a succession of appearances.
Luo Zhong-yong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A Study on Gender Differentials of Rural Migrant Workers in Labor Rights:Based on A Survey on 3000 Rural Migrant Workers in Zhujiang Delta Area
China Soft Science, 2010Co-Authors: Luo Zhong-yongAbstract:This paper studies on gender differentials of rural migrant workers in labor rights and their causes based on an empirical survey on 3000 Rural Migrant Workers in Zhujiang Delta Area.The conclusions indicate that rural migrant workers——no matter whether they are male or female——do not gain their labor rights that they should gain,and there are fairly significant gender differentials in labor rights of rural migrant worker such as wage,wage arrear,skill training,freedom of quitting their jobs,daily welfares and personal rights.Through further decomposing causes that result in the gender differentials these labor rights of rural migrant workers,this paper still finds that sex discrimination may be a best important cause that leads to the gender differentials in labor rights of rural migrant workers,and human capital factor,organizational and institutional factor provide fairly Strong Interpretation for these gender differentials too.
Allen Stairs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A loose and separate certainty: Caves, Fuchs and Schack on quantum probability one
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 2011Co-Authors: Allen StairsAbstract:Carlton Caves, Fuchs, and Schack (2002) have recently appealed to an argument of mine (Stairs, 1983) to address a problem for their subjective Bayesian account of quantum probability. The difficulty is that on the face of it, quantum mechanical probabilities of one appear to be objective, but in that case, the Born Rule would yield a continuum of probabilities between zero and one. If so, we end up with objective probabilities strictly between zero and one. The authors claim that objective probabilities of one leads to a dilemma: give up locality or fall into contradiction. I argue that this conclusion depends on an overly Strong Interpretation of objectivism about quantum probabilities.
Nadine Gaab - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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When Three Is Not Some: On the Pragmatics of Numerals
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2014Co-Authors: Einat Shetreet, Gennaro Chierchia, Nadine GaabAbstract:Both numerals and quantifiers (like some) have more than one possible Interpretation (i.e., weak and Strong Interpretations). Some studies have found similar behavior for numerals and quantifiers, whereas others have shown critical differences. It is, therefore, debated whether they are processed in the same way. A previous fMRI investigation showed that the left inferior frontal gyrus is linked to the computation of the Strong Interpretation of quantifiers (derived by a scalar implicature) and that the left middle frontal gyrus and the medial frontal gyrus are linked to processing the mismatch between the Strong Interpretation of quantifiers and the context in which they are presented. In the current study, we attempted to characterize the similarities and differences between numbers and quantifiers by examining brain activation patterns related to the processing of numerals in these brain regions. When numbers were presented in a mismatch context (i.e., where their Strong Interpretation did not match the context), they elicited brain activations similar to those previously observed with quantifiers in the same context type. Conversely, in a match context (i.e., where both Interpretations of the scalar item matched the context), numbers elicited a different activation pattern than the one observed with quantifiers: Left inferior frontal gyrus activations in response to the match condition showed decrease for numbers (but not for quantifiers). Our results support previous findings suggesting that, although they share some features, numbers and quantifiers are processed differently. We discuss our results in light of various theoretical approaches linked to the representation of numerals.
