Think Generic!
The Meaning and Use of Generic Sentences
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Think Generic!
The Meaning and Use of Generic Sentences
224 pages | 6 x 9 | © 1999
Cognitive Science: Language
Language and Linguistics: Formal Logic and Computational Linguistics, Syntax and Semantics
Philosophy: Logic and Philosophy of Language

Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Two Views of Generics
3. Alternative-Based Generics
4. Generics as Probability Judgments
5. Determining the Alternatives
6. Generics and Frequency Adverbs
7. Reasoning with Generics
8. Conclusion
References
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