Author : P. Sgall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 1986-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027718389
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Page : 353 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Petr Sgall
Publisher :
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Maria Aloni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1239 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 131655273X
Formal semantics - the scientific study of meaning in natural language - is one of the most fundamental and long-established areas of linguistics. This Handbook offers a comprehensive, yet compact guide to the field, bringing together research from a wide range of world-leading experts. Chapters include coverage of the historical context and foundation of contemporary formal semantics, a survey of the variety of formal/logical approaches to linguistic meaning and an overview of the major areas of research within current semantic theory, broadly conceived. The Handbook also explores the interfaces between semantics and neighbouring disciplines, including research in cognition and computation. This work will be essential reading for students and researchers working in linguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science.
Author : Zoltan Gendler Szabo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199251517
This is a collection of papers by leading scholars in the philosophy of language and theoretical linguistics on how semantics and pragmatics embed into a larger theory of interpretation and also on the disputed territories between these disciplines.
Author : Katarzyna Jaszczolt
Publisher : Pearson PTR Interactive
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This is a comprehensive and wide ranging introduction to various approaches to meaning. The book contains a critical discussion of these approaches and gives accessible explanations of relevant terminology.
Author : Petr Sgall
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Page : 353 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Keith Allan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 967 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139501895
Pragmatics is the study of human communication: the choices speakers make to express their intended meaning and the kinds of inferences that hearers draw from an utterance in the context of its use. This Handbook surveys pragmatics from different perspectives, presenting the main theories in pragmatic research, incorporating seminal research as well as cutting-edge solutions. It addresses questions of rational and empirical research methods, what counts as an adequate and successful pragmatic theory, and how to go about answering problems raised in pragmatic theory. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource to the wide scope of today's research and the intricacy of the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide for graduate students and researchers with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future.
Author : Daniel Gutzmann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004279377
The basic claims of traditional truth-conditional semantics are that the semantic interpretation of a sentence is connected to the truth of that sentence in a situation, and that the meaning of the sentence is derived compositionally from the semantic values meaning of its constituents and the rules that combine them. Both claims have been subject to an intense debate in linguistics and philosophy of language. The original research papers collected in this volume test the boundaries of this classic view from a linguistic and a philosophical point of view by investigating the foundational notions of composition, values and interpretation and their relation to the interfaces to other disciplines. They take the classical theories one step further and closer to a realistic semantic theory that covers speaker’s intentions, the knowledge of discourse participants, meaning of fiction and literature, as well as vague and paradoxical utterances. Ede Zimmermann is a pioneering researcher in semantics whose students, friends, and colleagues have collected in this volume an impressive set of studies at the interfaces of semantics. How do meanings interact with the context and with intentions and beliefs of the people conversing? How do meanings interact with other meanings in an extended discourse? How can there be paradoxical meanings? Researchers interested in semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, anyone interested in foundational and empirical issues of meaning, will find inspiration and instruction in this wonderful volume. Kai von Fintel, MIT Department of Linguistics
Author : D. A. Cruse
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. It covers topics normally considered to fall under pragmatics, as well as semantic matters. The author seeks, above all, to display and to explain the richness and subtlety of meaning, and tothat end provides abundant exemplification throughout the text. Numerous exercises (and suggested answers) are provided at every stage. The book is not bound to any particular theory, but provides explanations of theoretical approaches and perspectives as the context requires. The author stresses the need for conceptual clarity in all analyses of meaning. Meaning in Language is readable and vigorous, written with style and wit. It will be widely welcomed by students in linguistics, philosophy, and literature.
