The science of meaning : essays on the metatheory of natural language semantics /

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With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning, and semantics is the science of linguistic meaning. But what exactly is 'meaning'? What is the exact target of semantic theory? This volume explores these questions, in the light of the current state...

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Essays on the metatheory of natural language semantics
Metatheory of natural language semantics
What is -- or, for that Matter, isn't -- 'Experimental' Semantics? /
Axiomatization in the Meaning Sciences /
David Lewis on Context /
From Meaning to Content: Issues in Meta-Semantics /
Reviving the Parameter Revolution in Semantics /
Changing Notions of Linguistic Competence in the History of Formal Semantics /
Lexical Meaning, Concepts, and the Metasemantics of Predicates /
Interpretation and the Interpreter: On the Role of the Interpreter in Davidsonian Foundational Semantics /
Expressing Expectations /
Fregean Compositionality /
Semantic Typology and Composition /
Semantics as Model-Based Science /
Semantic Possibility /
Semantics as Measurement /
Hauptverfasser:
Ball, Derek, Rabern, Brian
Weitere Verfasser:
Ball, Derek (HerausgeberIn), Rabern, Brian (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning, and semantics is the science of linguistic meaning. But what exactly is 'meaning'? What is the exact target of semantic theory? This volume explores these questions, in the light of the current state of the art in natural language semantics.
Umfang:
1 online resource (413 page) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-105996-X
0-19-186410-2
0-19-105995-1
Schlagworte:
Semantics.
Meaning (Psychology)
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