LINGUIST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Propositional Attitude, Extensional Context, Modal Analysis
27 Nov 2018
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Achievement: reaching the summit is instantaneous. States and activities are homogenous: sub-events describe the same event as the whole event, lisa pushed the stroller. Every sub-event is an event of lisa pushing the stroller. Accomplishments and achievements are non-homogenous: sub-events do not describe the same activity as the whole event, john climbed the mountain. Sub-events are not the same activity of john climbing the mountain: each interval is different, john is doing something different in each interval. Atelic: eventuality does not have an endpoint. At some point, the oors will be mopped - there is an endpoint. Mary thinks that her house is the tallest building in nyc. Mary thinks that her house is the tallest building in nyc: tells us about the relationship between mary and the proposition that her house is the tallest building in nyc** Mary thinks that her house is the empire state building: not equivalent.
