Meaning And Context

Author : Nicholas Asher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139501316

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Lexical Meaning in Context by Nicholas Asher Pdf

This is a book about the meanings of words and how they can combine to form larger meaningful units, as well as how they can fail to combine when the amalgamation of a predicate and argument would produce what the philosopher Gilbert Ryle called a 'category mistake'. It argues for a theory in which words get assigned both an intension and a type. The book develops a rich system of types and investigates its philosophical and formal implications, for example the abandonment of the classic Church analysis of types that has been used by linguists since Montague. The author integrates fascinating and puzzling observations about lexical meaning into a compositional semantic framework. Adjustments in types are a feature of the compositional process and account for various phenomena including coercion and copredication. This book will be of interest to semanticists, philosophers, logicians and computer scientists alike.

Author : Sarah-Jane Conrad,Klaus Petrus
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501504235

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Meaning, Context and Methodology by Sarah-Jane Conrad,Klaus Petrus Pdf

What methodological impact does Contextualism have on the philosophy of language? This collection sets out to provide some answers. The authors in this volume question three ultimately connected assumptions of the philosophy of language. The first assumption relates to the predominant status of referential semantics and its power to explain truth-conditional meaning. This assumption has come under attack by the context thesis and a number of papers pursue the question of whether this is justified. The second assumption gives priority to assertive sentences when considering language use. The context thesis changes our understanding of language use altogether; possible implications from this methodological shift are addressed in this volume. According to the third assumption, philosophical analysis amounts to nothing more than conceptual analysis. The context thesis risks undermining this project. Whether conceptual analysis can still be defended as a methodological tool is discussed in this volume.

Author : Charles W. Kreidler
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Anglais (Langue) - Sémantique
ISBN : 9780415180641

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Introducing English Semantics by Charles W. Kreidler Pdf

Annotation Focusing on the English language, this comprehensive and accessible introduction to semantics explores how languages organize and express meaning through words, parts of words and sentences. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Author : Boicho Kokinov,Daniel C. Richardson,Thomas R. Roth-Berghofer,Laure Vieu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540742555

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Modeling and Using Context by Boicho Kokinov,Daniel C. Richardson,Thomas R. Roth-Berghofer,Laure Vieu Pdf

Here are the refereed proceedings of the 6th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context. The 42 papers deal with the interdisciplinary topic of modeling and using context from various perspectives, including computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, organizational science, philosophy, and psychology. In addition, readers discover applications in areas such as medicine and law.

Author : Steven Nadler,Lawrence Shapiro
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 9780691212760

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When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People by Steven Nadler,Lawrence Shapiro Pdf

"In this book the philosophers Steve Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro will explain why bad thinking happens to good people. Why is it, they ask, that so large a segment of public can go so wrong in both how they come to form the opinions they do and how they fail to appreciate the moral consequences of acting on them."--Publisher's description.

Author : John Lyons
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015010385972

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Language, Meaning and Context by John Lyons Pdf

Author : Andrew Hinton
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449326562

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Understanding Context by Andrew Hinton Pdf

To make sense of the world, we’re always trying to place things in context, whether our environment is physical, cultural, or something else altogether. Now that we live among digital, always-networked products, apps, and places, context is more complicated than ever—starting with "where" and "who" we are. This practical, insightful book provides a powerful toolset to help information architects, UX professionals, and web and app designers understand and solve the many challenges of contextual ambiguity in the products and services they create. You’ll discover not only how to design for a given context, but also how design participates in making context. Learn how people perceive context when touching and navigating digital environments See how labels, relationships, and rules work as building blocks for context Find out how to make better sense of cross-channel, multi-device products or services Discover how language creates infrastructure in organizations, software, and the Internet of Things Learn models for figuring out the contextual angles of any user experience

Author : Nick Riemer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521851923

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Introducing Semantics by Nick Riemer Pdf

An introduction to the study of meaning in language for undergraduate students.

Author : Pamela Sachant,Peggy Blood,Jeffery LeMieux,Rita Tekippe
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Art
ISBN : EAN:8596547679363

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Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning by Pamela Sachant,Peggy Blood,Jeffery LeMieux,Rita Tekippe Pdf

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a deep insight and comprehension of the world of Art. Contents: What is Art? The Structure of Art Significance of Materials Used in Art Describing Art - Formal Analysis, Types, and Styles of Art Meaning in Art - Socio-Cultural Contexts, Symbolism, and Iconography Connecting Art to Our Lives Form in Architecture Art and Identity Art and Power Art and Ritual Life - Symbolism of Space and Ritual Objects, Mortality, and Immortality Art and Ethics

Author : Luca Baptista,Erich H. Rast
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Pragmatics
ISBN : 3034305745

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Meaning and Context by Luca Baptista,Erich H. Rast Pdf

The contextual contributions to meaning are at the core of the debate about the semantics/pragmatics distinction, one of the liveliest topics in current philosophy of language and linguistics. The controversy between semantic minimalists and contextualists regarding context and semantic content is a conspicuous example of the debate's relevance. This collection of essays, written by leading philosophers as well as talented young researchers, offers new approaches to the ongoing discussion about the status of lexical meaning and the role of context dependence in linguistic theorizing. It covers a broad range of issues in semantics and pragmatics such as presuppositions, reference, lexical meaning, discourse relations and information structure, negation, and metaphors. The book is an essential reading for philosophers, linguists, and graduate students of philosophy of language and linguistics.

Author : Anita Fetzer,Etsuko Oishi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286635

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Context and Contexts by Anita Fetzer,Etsuko Oishi Pdf

This book departs from the premise that context represents a complex relational configuration which can no longer be conceived as an analytic prime but rather requires a parts-whole perspective to capture its inherent dynamism. The edited volume presents a collection of papers which examine the connectedness between context, contextualization and entextualization. They address the questions how meaning and speech acts are situated in context, how both are influenced by context, how context influences speech acts and meaning, how context is imported into the discourse, and how context is entextualized in discourse. The papers cover institutional and non-institutional contexts, the language of Greek laws, political discourse, confrontational media discourse and task-oriented face-to-face and back-to-back interactions. They reflect current moves in pragmatics and discourse analysis to cross disciplinary and methodological boundaries by integrating relevant premises and insights, in particular cognition, adaptive action, negotiation of meaning, sequentiality, recipient design and genre.

Author : Rita Finkbeiner,Jörg Meibauer,Petra B. Schumacher
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255792

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What is a Context? by Rita Finkbeiner,Jörg Meibauer,Petra B. Schumacher Pdf

Context is a core notion of linguistic theory. However, while there are numerous attempts at explaining single aspects of the notion of context, these attempts are rather diverse and do not easily converge to a unified theory of context. The present multi-faceted collection of papers reconsiders the notion of context and its challenges for linguistics from different theoretical and empirical angles. Part I offers insights into a wide range of current approaches to context, including theoretical pragmatics, neurolinguistics, clinical pragmatics, interactional linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Part II presents new empirical findings on the role of context from case studies on idioms, unarticulated constituents, argument linking, and numerically-quantified expressions. Bringing together different theoretical frameworks, the volume provides thought-provoking discussions of how the notion of context can be understood, modeled, and implemented in linguistics. It is essential for researchers interested in theoretical and applied linguistics, the semantics/pragmatics interface, and experimental pragmatics.

Author : Caspar Hare
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691135312

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On Myself, and Other, Less Important Subjects by Caspar Hare Pdf

The author makes a case for "egocentric presentism," a view about the nature of first-person experience. A natural thought about the first-person experience is that "all and only the things of which I am aware are present to me." He goes even further and claims that the thought should instead be that "all and only the things of which I am aware are present." That there is something unique about me and the things of which I am aware. This book represents a new take on an old view, known as solipsism, which maintains that people's experiences give them grounds for believing that they have a special, distinguished place in the world--for example, believing that only they exist or that other people do not have conscious minds like their own. The author maintains that the version of solipsism he argues for is capable of resolving some seemingly intractable philosophical problems--both in metaphysics and ethics--concerning personal identity over time, as well as the tension between self-interest and the greater good.

Author : Richard Jessor,Anne Colby,Richard A. Shweder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0226399028

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Ethnography and Human Development by Richard Jessor,Anne Colby,Richard A. Shweder Pdf

Studies of human development have taken an ethnographic turn in the 1990s. In this volume, leading anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists discuss how qualitative methodologies have strengthened our understanding of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development, and of the difficulties of growing up in contemporary society. Part 1, informed by a post-positivist philosophy of science, argues for the validity of ethnographic knowledge. Part 2 examines a range of qualitative methods, from participant observation to the hermeneutic elaboration of texts. In Part 3, ethnographic methods are applied to issues of human development across the life span and to social problems including poverty, racial and ethnic marginality, and crime. Restoring ethnographic methods to a central place in social inquiry, these twenty-two lively essays will interest everyone concerned with the epistemological problems of context, meaning, and subjectivity in the behavioral sciences.

Author : Hans Kamp,Barbara Partee
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004487222

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Context-Dependence in the Analysis of Linguistic Meaning by Hans Kamp,Barbara Partee Pdf

This collection of papers addresses context-dependence and methods for dealing with it. The book also records comments to the papers and the authors' replies to the comments. In this way, the contributions themselves are contextually dependent. It represents an inquiry into the activities on the semantics side of the pragmatics boundary.