LINGUIST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Intension

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 3II3
• Professor: Cassandra Chapman

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In the house, on friday, at mcmaster, yesterday. The student who sits at the back of the class is happy: no - they"re referring to different things - different reference, extension vs intension. Intension > the student at the back of the class. Abigail is the extension of the student who sits at the back of the class. The student who sits at the back of the class is the intension of abigail: the second one. The student who sits at the back of the class is happy: yes. The student at the back of the class: both nps refer to the same individual. E - why: refers to the same individual - and because its referential. The is type <, e: takes property as an input and output an individual, student has to saturate the in this case - because student is the argument.