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(Created page with "An '''event''' is something that happens at a certain time and place, in a certain possible world. When we use human language, we're not just stating abstract mathematical truths. More often, we're describing events that exist in the world around us. Toaq follows '''Davidsonian event semantics'''<ref>Donald Davidson (1967) — ''The logical form of action sentences.''</ref>: we model a claim like {{t|Nủo jí}} as meaning <math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{m...") |
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== Davidsonian event semantics == | == Davidsonian event semantics == | ||
The Davidsonian idea is to give predicates like {{t|nuo}} an implicit slot for the sleeping-event. | The Davidsonian idea is to give predicates like {{t|nuo}} an implicit slot for the sleeping-event, and for declarative sentences to claim the existence of such events. | ||
This gives a nice semantics for [[adverbial|type I adverbial adjuncts]], called '''Predicate Modification''' by Toaqists: {{Example|Nủo jí {{green|nìe kúa}}|<math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me}) \color{green}\wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math>}} | This gives a nice semantics for [[adverbial|type I adverbial adjuncts]], called '''Predicate Modification''' by Toaqists: {{Example|Nủo jí {{green|nìe kúa}}|<math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me}) \color{green}\wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math>}} | ||