Semantics with Assignment Variables
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2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79912-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79912-6 (ISBN)
This pioneering new work combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to provide an innovative framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. Representing the forefront of research on natural language and communication, it is essential reading for academics and students in diverse fields.
This pioneering study combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to develop a novel framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. A key innovation is to introduce explicit representations of context - assignment variables - in the syntax and semantics of natural language. The proposed theory systematizes a spectrum of 'shifting' phenomena in which the context relevant for interpreting certain expressions depends on features of the linguistic environment. Central applications include local and non-local contextual dependencies with quantifiers, attitude ascriptions, conditionals, questions, and relativization. The result is an innovative philosophically informed compositional semantics compatible with the truth-conditional paradigm. At the forefront of contemporary interdisciplinary research into meaning and communication, Semantics with Assignment Variables is essential reading for researchers and students in a diverse range of fields.
This pioneering study combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to develop a novel framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. A key innovation is to introduce explicit representations of context - assignment variables - in the syntax and semantics of natural language. The proposed theory systematizes a spectrum of 'shifting' phenomena in which the context relevant for interpreting certain expressions depends on features of the linguistic environment. Central applications include local and non-local contextual dependencies with quantifiers, attitude ascriptions, conditionals, questions, and relativization. The result is an innovative philosophically informed compositional semantics compatible with the truth-conditional paradigm. At the forefront of contemporary interdisciplinary research into meaning and communication, Semantics with Assignment Variables is essential reading for researchers and students in a diverse range of fields.
Alex Silk is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and the author of Discourse Contextualism. He has earned international recognition for research in philosophy of language, normative theory, and linguistic semantics. He is the recipient of the Sanders Prize in Metaethics and grants from the Arts & Humanities Research Council and Leverhulme Foundation.
Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Preliminaries; 3. Standardizing Quantification; 4. Attitude Ascriptions; Part II: 5. Relative Causes (I); 6. Quantifiers; 7. Noun Phases; Part III: 8. Conditionals; 9. Interrogatives; 10. Taking Stock.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 409 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-79912-4 / 1108799124 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-79912-6 / 9781108799126 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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