What Comes First in Dynamic Semantics (Paperback)

David Beaver

ISBN 10: 1575861208 / ISBN 13: 9781575861203

Editore: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, Stanford, 2001

Paperback. Russell and Strawson sparked a well known debate on the subject of Linguistic Presupposition inspiring many linguists and philosophers to follow suit, including Frege, whose work initiated the modern study in this area. Beaver begins with the most comprehensive overview and critical discussion of this burgeoning field published to date. He then goes on to motivate and develop his own account based on a Dynamic Semantics. This account is a recent line of theoretical work in which the Tarskian emphasis on truth conditions is questioned. The central plank of the theory of meaning is a formal account of the change in information effected by use of language on hearers or readers. The proposal thus consolidates ideas of Stalnaker, Karttunen and Heim, all of whom had suggested that such an account was needed. At the same time it provides a new impulse and motivation to Dynamic Semantics itself. This book contains the most comprehensive overview and critical discussion of Linguistic Presupposition published to date. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781575861203

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Russell and Strawson sparked a well known debate on the subject of Linguistic Presupposition inspiring many linguists and philosophers to follow suit, including Frege, whose work initiated the modern study in this area. Beaver begins with the most comprehensive overview and critical discussion of this burgeoning field published to date. He then goes on to motivate and develop his own account based on a Dynamic Semantics. This account is a recent line of theoretical work in which the Tarskian emphasis on truth conditions is questioned. The central plank of the theory of meaning is a formal account of the change in information effected by use of language on hearers or readers. The proposal thus consolidates ideas of Stalnaker, Karttunen and Heim, all of whom had suggested that such an account was needed. At the same time it provides a new impulse and motivation to Dynamic Semantics itself.

Descrizione del libro: This book contains the most comprehensive overview and critical discussion of Linguistic Presupposition published to date. Beaver develops his own account based on a Dynamic Semantics in which the Tarskian emphasis on truth conditions is questioned.

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Titolo: What Comes First in Dynamic Semantics (...
Casa editrice: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, Stanford
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Paperback
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