Journal | JoLMA
Journal issue | 5 | 2 | 2024
Research Article | On the Ontology and Semantics of Absence
On the Ontology and Semantics of Absence
Abstract
This paper gives a semantic analysis of 'completion-related verbs of absence' such as 'lack' and 'be missing' in English. The analysis is based on the notion of a conceptual (integrated or ideal) whole, the notion of a variable object and its variable parts, and an ontology of 'lacks' as entities whose satisfaction involves parts. The semantics is parallel to that of object-based truthmaker semantics of modals.
Submitted: Nov. 19, 2024 | Published Forthcoming | Language: en
Keywords Lack • Semantics • Absence • </p> • Verbs of absence • Be missing • <p>Absence
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2024/02/003
