A Reply to Martin on Ambiguity  

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Zwicky, Arnold M. ; Sadock, Jerrold M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) vol. 3 no. 3 (Sep. 1984), page 249-256.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/JOS/3 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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In 'Negation, Ambiguity, and the Identity Test' in this journal (1982), John N. Martin attempts an explication of the 'identity tests' used by linguists in deciding whether or not particular sentences are ambiguous, examines the application of these tests to negation by not in English, and concludes that claims by Atlas (1977) and Kempson (1975) that there is no ambiguity between an external and an internal interpretation of not have not been proven. We do not propose to reconsider the negation issue here (but see Blackburn (1983) for a response to Atlas that is generally consistent with our remarks); rather we are commenting on Martin's interpretations of (a) the function of identity tests in linguistic argumentation; (b) the notion of word in linguistic analysis; and (c) the use of the term understanding in Zwicky and Sadock (1975; hereafter ZS). We contend that M is mistaken on all three points and that in consequence his analysis fails as an explication of identity tests.

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