Compare Within and Between Groups: The Interpretation of Weak Generic Sentences
This paper explicates the precise meaning of weak generic sentences of the form Ks are P, best represented by the Port Royal Puzzle sentence Dutchmen are good sailors. The sentence is true even though the majority of Dutchmen do not know how to sail at all and a fortiori do not sail well. Two observ...
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De Gruyter
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2016.2.issue-1/opli-2016-0004/opli-2016-0004.xml?format=INT |