substantival
IPA: sˈʌbstʌntɪvʌɫ
adjective
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- Of or relating to physical substance; material.
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Examples of "substantival" in Sentences
- G. G.ach used the expression ˜substantival™ to characterize the kinds of term F and G.are.
- And this is not the end of the matter, for it does not address the issue of such substantival terms as ˜blood™ and
- The qualification ˜substantival predicate-expressions™ above is suggested by an issue noted by Frege, who writes that
- Anything whatever can be introduced into discussion by means of a singular, definitely identifying substantival expression ¦.
- Geach did not use the word ˜sortal™ but most commentators identify his notion of a ˜substantival expression™ with ˜sortal™ in the other writers.
- Turning an adjectival similarity relation into a substantival one having the form of an identity statement yields an identity statement in name only.
- Reply: The distinction between identity and similarity statements (or sentences) is usually drawn in terms of the distinction between substantival and adjectival common nouns.
- One strategy, then, for undermining the idea that a category is substantival is to highlight the multiplicity of individuals and categories "in between" the primary category and its implicit opposite.
- And on the other hand, it is plain that they may be ˜introduced into discussion™ by way of plural substantival expressions, e.g. by the definite description ˜the beavers in Lake Superior™ or even by the demonstrative ˜those beavers™.
- Even if it were possible for self-consciousness to be illusory, its mere occurrence is enough to refute those who take the view that the notion of a substantival self is as 'meaningless' as the notion of an unknowable substratum of material things.
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