"Ought", Agents and Ambiguity that Matters
DOI: http://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxxi2.06 According to a well-homed view in linguistic semantics, deontic logic and logic of agency, some ‘ought’ sentences, like ‘Kate ought to write the report’, are ambiguous between the socalled agentive sense as when Kate is the agent of writing the report, a...
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Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne / The Polish Semiotic Society
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Studia Semiotyczne |
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| Online Access: | http://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Studiasemiotyczne/article/view/41 |