| ... |
... |
@@ -1,0
+1,17 @@ |
|
1 |
+Interpretation: debaters may not specify a particular country or group of countries in the plan text, they must defend all countries. |
|
2 |
+ |
|
3 |
+Bare plurals lack determiners. |
|
4 |
+Carlson 77 Greg N. Carlson (linguist) “A Unified Analysis of the English Bare Plural” Linguistics and Philosophy 1977 413-457 D Reidal Publishing Company, Dordrecht Holland. NS 8/26/16 |
|
5 |
+ABSTRACT. It is argued ... indefinite article a. |
|
6 |
+ |
|
7 |
+“Countries” is a bare plural which means plans aren’t T. |
|
8 |
+Debois 16 Danny (champion of TOC, NCFL Grand Nationals, the Minneapple, The Glenbrooks, and the Harvard Invitational (twice), coaches Harvard-Westlake) “Topic Analysis by Danny Debois” September-October 2016 LD Brief JW |
|
9 |
+Importantly, “countries” in ... should prohibit it. |
|
10 |
+ |
|
11 |
+The topicality rule comes first – best links to fairness and education. |
|
12 |
+Nebel 15 Jake “The Priority of Resolutional Semantics” vbriefly February 20th 2015 http://vbriefly.com/2015/02/20/the-priority-of-resolutional-semantics-by-jake-nebel/ JW |
|
13 |
+1.1 The Topicality Rule ... I discuss below. |
|
14 |
+ |
|
15 |
+Pragmatic considerations just prove we should change the topic. Thus, reasons why plans are good aren’t competitive. |
|
16 |
+Nebel 15 Jake “The Priority of Resolutional Semantics” vbriefly February 20th 2015 http://vbriefly.com/2015/02/20/the-priority-of-resolutional-semantics-by-jake-nebel/ JW |
|
17 |
+The first premise ... the argument above. |