Semantic Theory - Brossura

Kempson, Ruth M.

 
9780521292092: Semantic Theory
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0521292093 ISBN 13: 9780521292092
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Sinossi

Semantics is a bridge discipline between linguistics and philosophy; but linguistics student are rarely able to reach that bridge, let alone cross it to inspect and assess the activity on the other side. Professor Kempson's textbook seeks particularly to encourage such exchanges. She deals with the standard linguistic topics like componential analysis, semantic universals and the syntax-semantics controversy. But she also provides for students with no training in philosophy or logic an introduction to such central topics in the philosophy of language as logical form, truth, speech acts, analyticity, entailment and presupposition. The exposition throughout is deliberately argumentative rather than descriptive, introducing the student step by step to the major problems in theoretical semantics. Special emphasis is placed on the need to consider individual arguments within the overall perspective of semantics as an integral part of general linguistic theory. Written primarily as a textbook for undergraduates and graduates in linguistics departments, this book will also be useful to undergraduates in philosophy and in psychology where linguistics is a part of their course.

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Descrizione del libro

Semantics is a bridge discipline between linguistics and philosophy; but students are rarely able to reach that bridge, let alone cross it to inspect and assess the activity on the other side. Professor Kempston's textbook deals with the standard linguistic topics such as componential analysis, semantic universals and the syntax-semantics controversy.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Explanations of word meaning; 3. Meaning and truth; 4. Meaning and language use; 5. Speech act semantics v. truth-conditional semantics; 6. The formalisation of word meaning; 7. Sentence meaning; 8. Ambiguity and vagueness; 9. The logic of natural language; 10. Syntax and semantics; 11. The state of the art and prospects for the future; Bibliography; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
1977
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521292093
ISBN 13 
9780521292092
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
232
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
22763
Germania

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ISBN 10:  0521216133 ISBN 13:  9780521216135
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1977
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