Open AccessZero and triviality
Author(s) -
Andreas Haida,
Tue Trinh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
glossa a journal of general linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2397-1835
DOI - 10.5334/gjgl.955
Subject(s) - triviality , zero (linguistics) , argument (complex analysis) , meaning (existential) , basis (linear algebra) , numeral system , theoretical physics , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , pure mathematics , arithmetic , medicine , geometry
This paper takes issue with Bylinina & Nouwen’s (2018) hypothesis that the numeral zero has the basic weak meaning of ‘zero or more.’ We argue, on the basis of empirical observation and theoretical consideration, that this hypothesis implies that exhaustification can circumvent L-triviality, and that exhaustification cannot circumvent L-triviality. We also provide some experimental results to support our argument.
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