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| Distribution: In logic, distribution refers to the scope of a term in a proposition. A term is distributed if it refers to all of the members of its class, and undistributed if it refers to only some of the members of its class. See also Syllogisms._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Zellig S. Harris on Distribution - Dictionary of Arguments
Lyons I 161 Distribution/Harris: (Zellig S. Harris 1951)(1): Procedures, rules without recourse to informants' judgments on which utterances are "equal" and which are "different". This can be deduced from the corpus of the statements themselves. ("discovery procedure"). Distribution/LyonsVsHarris: is not used in this book(2) in this sense. >J. Lyons, >Distribution/Lyons. Harris/Lyons: prepared the foundation for Chomsky. >N. Chomsky, >Grammar/Chomsky. 1. Zellig S. Harris (1951). Methods in Structural Linguistics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2. John Lyons (1977). Semantics. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
LingHarris I Zellig S. Harris A Theory of Language and Information: A Mathematical Approach Oxford 1991 Ly II John Lyons Semantics Cambridge, MA 1977 Lyons I John Lyons Introduction to Theoretical Lingustics, Cambridge/MA 1968 German Edition: Einführung in die moderne Linguistik München 1995 |
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