A Generalised Framework for Modelling Granularity. (11th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gyarmathy, Zsófia
• Is Part Of: Journal of semantics. Volume 34:Number 3(2017:Aug.)
• Page Start: 483
• Page End: 506
• Publication Date: 2017-05-11
• Subjects: Semantics -- Periodicals; Semantik; Semantics; Periodicals; 401.43
• DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffx004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-5133

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, I present a modification of the scale-based framework of Sauerland & Stateva (2007, 2011) for modelling granularity—more precisely, of the so called granularity functions. Briefly, a granularity function maps a degree of a scale to an interval containing it such that the points within that interval are mutually indistinguishable. The proposed modification is a generalisation of the original framework suited for application in a wider range of domains, and it also fares better in overcoming some formal problems in modelling granularity-sensitive phenomena and vagueness.