No SUCH MULTIPLICITY!
Use TWO words if you must: izz and hazz
By uttering 'a izz b,' the utterer means that p.
By uttering 'a hazz b,' the utterer means that q.
G.E.L. Owen in Aristotle on the Snares of Ontology (ASO) opts for the supposition that semantic multiplicity attaches to 'be' (meaning 'exist').
Grice don't [sic]!
Surely Grice would NEVER calll it 'semantic' --
There might be an implicatum there somewhere!
Or not
PART II to "Studies in the way of words" is indeed called, "Explorations in semantics AND METAPHYSICS"!
Cfr. Grice's analysis of the 'adverbial' phrase of 'French' in 'French poem' (unlike his other example, 'fat philosopher,' where 'fat' is strictly adjectival.
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