The chapter investigates a particular subtype of generic sentence with indefinite singular or bare plural topics such as A madrigal is polyphonic and Madrigals are polyphonicas stating a linguistic rule, or definition, building on early suggestions by Lawler (1973) and Burton-Roberts (1976). It relates such sentences to other kinds of definitions, discusses the role of topicality in such statements, and shows how definitional and factual statements can be intertwined, following Kripke (1972).
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