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The grammatical subject differs from the logical subject
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Is it true that the grammatical subject differs from the logical subject?
Yes. Multiple linguistics and logic references explicitly state that the grammatical subject of a sentence can and often does differ from its logical subject.
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States that grammatical structure and logical structure (including logical subject/form) often differ radically.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Logical Form. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-form/
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Explicitly notes that in many statements, the grammatical subject differs from the logical subject.
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Layman, C. S. & Layman, C. (2001). McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages: Study Guide to accompany The Power of Logic. McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. https://archive.org/details/studyguidetoacco0002cste
Distinguishes between a grammatical subject and a logical subject in English sentences.
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1866-, B. A. (n.d.). New York, H. Holt and company: An English grammar. New York, H. Holt and company. https://archive.org/details/englishgrammar0000blou
Refers directly to instances where the logical subject differs from the grammatical subject.
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1866-, B. A. & author, N. C. S. 1. j. (1914). New York, H. Holt: An English grammar, for use in high and normal schools and in colleges. New York, H. Holt. https://archive.org/details/anenglishgramma00nortgoog
Notes that the grammatical subject of a particular sentence may not denote the logical subject.
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Aristotle (1963). New American Library: The philosophy of Aristotle : a new selection. New American Library. https://archive.org/details/philosophyofaris0000aris
States that the grammatical subject may not denote the logical subject.
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Aristotle & edt, B. R. (1963). New York, New American Library: The philosophy of Aristotle. New York, New American Library. https://archive.org/details/philosophyofaris00aris
States that the grammatical subject of a sentence may not denote the logical subject.
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Renford, B. (1963). The New American Library: The Philosophy of Aristotle. The New American Library. https://archive.org/details/philosophyofaris0000bamb
Discusses absolute participial constructions where a noun plays the logical subject role, though not contrasting directly with grammatical subject.
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OpenAIRE: EVOLUTION OF ABSOLUTE PARTICIPIAL CONSTRUCTION IN LANGUAGES OF ROMANCE, GERMANIC, AND SLAVIC GROUPS. (2021). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.35634/2412-9534-2021-31-6-1182-1192
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