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Possible worlds semantics for pictures

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abusch-pw-pictures.pdf (2.67 MB)
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Linguistics - Monographs, Papers and Research
Author
Abusch, Dorit
Abstract

Possible worlds semantics for pictures is reviewed. Pictures are mapped to propositional semantic values by a geometric method. On this basis, an account of the temporal interpretation of pictorial narratives is constructed. Another pragmatic aspect of pictorial narratives is anaphora or indexing across pictures in a sequence. An argument based on sentences that describe pictures indicates that the semantics for pictures should represent a distinguished viewpoint. There is an analogy between ambiguity in language and ambiguous pictures. Perceptual semantics for pictures considers the effect of pictures on viewers.

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Prepublication version of handbook article.
Date Issued
2015-12-06
Keywords
possible worlds semantics
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pictures
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centered worlds
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pictorial narrative
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article

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