The categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 20
Human cognitive processing ; v. 20.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11192380
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Other authors / contributors:Aurnague, Mixel, 1963-
Hickmann, Maya.
Vieu, Laure.
ISBN:9789027292674
9027292671
1282154796
9781282154797
9786612154799
6612154799
9789027223746
9027223742
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
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Summary:This paper investigates certain puzzling predications about locations and physical objects. I argue first that locations and physical objects are distinct types of things. Locations and physical objects have different individuation conditions. So this should entail that nothing is both a location and a physical object. However, there are commonplace sentences in which terms seem to denote things that are both locations and physical objects. I provide a formal model for how to understand such sentences.
Other form:Print version: Categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2007