"Ought", Agents and Ambiguity that Matters

DOI: http://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxxi2.06 According to a well-homed view in linguistic semantics, deontic logic and logic of agency, some ‘ought’ sentences, like ‘Kate ought to write the report’, are ambiguous between the socalled agentive sense as when Kate is the agent of writing the report, a...

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Main Author: Joanna Klimczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne / The Polish Semiotic Society 2019-11-01
Series:Studia Semiotyczne
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Online Access:http://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Studiasemiotyczne/article/view/41