Use Conditional Meaning

Author : Daniel Gutzmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198723820

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Use-conditional Meaning by Daniel Gutzmann Pdf

This book seeks to bring together the pragmatic theory of 'meaning as use' with the traditional semantic approach that considers meaning in terms of truth conditions. Daniel Gutzmann adopts core ideas by the philosopher David Kaplan in assuming that the meaning of expressions such as oops or damn can be captured by giving the conditions under which they can be felicitously used. He develops a multidimensional approach to meaning, called hybrid semantics, that incorporates use conditions alongside truth conditions in a unified framework. This new system overcomes the empirical gaps and conceptual problems associated with previous multidimensional systems; it also lessens the burden on the compositional system by shifting restrictions on the combination of use-conditional expressions to the lexicon-semantics interface instead of building them directly into the combinatoric rules. The approach outlined in this book can capture the entire meaning of complex expressions, and also has natural applications in the analysis of sentence mood and modal particles in German, as Gutzmann's two detailed case studies demonstrate. The book will be a valuable resource for linguists working in the fields of semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language, as well as to philosophers and cognitive scientists with an interest in meaning in language.

Author : Daniel Gutzmann,Hans-Martin Gärtner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004183988

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Beyond Expressives: Explorations in Use-Conditional Meaning by Daniel Gutzmann,Hans-Martin Gärtner Pdf

Beyond Expressives: Explorations in Use-Conditional Meaning offers empirical and theoretical studies of expressions whose meaning falls outside the standard realm of truth-conditional semantics. Going beyond examples of expressives, the contributions acount for the semantics and pragmatics various of use-conditional phenomena.

Author : Manuel Garcia-Carpintero,Max Kolbel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472578228

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The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Language by Manuel Garcia-Carpintero,Max Kolbel Pdf

Beginning with works of Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein, The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Language provides a critical history of the core concepts in the area. From generative syntax and formal semantics to broader philosophical issues such as intentional contexts, theories of meaning and context dependence, a well-known team of experts offer insightful analysis into some of the fundamental questions asked by the philosophy of language. The result is a comprehensive introduction, featuring a series of research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography. For students and scholars looking to better understand the questions and debates informing the subject, this is an essential study tool.

Author : Renaat Declerck,Susan Reed
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110851748

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Conditionals by Renaat Declerck,Susan Reed Pdf

This book is an extremely detailed and comprehensive examination of conditional sentences in English, using many examples from actual language-use. The syntax and semantics of conditionals (including tense and mood options) and the functions of conditionals in discourse are examined in depth, producing an all-round linguistic view of the subject which contains a wealth of original observations and analyses. Not only linguists specializing in grammar but also those interested in pragmatics and the philosophy of language will find this book a rewarding and illuminating source.

Author : Eleonora Orlando,Andrés Saab
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793614377

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Slurs and Expressivity by Eleonora Orlando,Andrés Saab Pdf

Slurs and Expressivity: Semantics and Beyond, edited by Eleonora Orlando and Andres Saab,focuses on the analysis of the expressive aspects of slur-words, namely, those words prima facie related to the conveyance of contemptuous or derogatory feelings for the members of a certain group of people identified in terms of their ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, political ideology, and other personal qualities. In as far as they are used to express emotional attitudes, slurs are, thus, a kind of expressive words. This collection provides different hypotheses regarding the way in which the expressive import of slurs and other related expressive words is semantically encoded in the grammar and how their meaning impacts other aspects related to their use in different practices of linguistic communication. These linguistic practices are usually, but not always, related to segregation and discrimination of particular human groups. Therefore, any contribution to the theory of slur meaning is, directly or indirectly, also a contribution to a better understanding of those practices and to finding the best way to eradicate them.

Author : Stefan Kaufmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025841516

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Aspects of the Meaning and Use of Conditionals by Stefan Kaufmann Pdf

Author : Trotzke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780192872289

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Non Canonical Questions by Trotzke Pdf

This book is the first to present a comprehensive theory of non-canonical questions, those question types that do not (only) request information from the addressee, but rather (additionally) tell us something about the speaker's epistemic and/or emotional state, such as can't-find-the-value questions, echo questions, rhetorical questions, and surprise questions. While much recent research has explored the formal semantics and the phonetics and phonology of both canonical and non-canonical questions, the literature is still lacking a comprehensive account from a syntax-pragmatics perspective that brings together the multiple findings and strands of research from the last twenty years. The standard view in the syntax-pragmatics literature is that most special interpretations of non-canonical questions involve syntactic projections at or even above the level of illocutionary force. In this work, Andreas Trotzke argues that this approach is a mistake, and proposes a new alternative theory of non-canonical questions in which both their special pragmatics and their syntax, as well as in many cases their emotive component, can be derived solely from propositional-level operators that do not affect the illocutionary level of utterances and can be found across illocutionary forces. This account dramatically simplifies the syntactic analysis of non-canonical questions and is also able to capture some previously unobserved data in the discourse behavior of those question types.

Author : Lester Kaufman,Jane Straus
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119652847

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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Lester Kaufman,Jane Straus Pdf

The bestselling workbook and grammar guide, revised and updated! Hailed as one of the best books around for teaching grammar, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation includes easy-to-understand rules, abundant examples, dozens of reproducible quizzes, and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to middle and high schoolers, college students, ESL students, homeschoolers, and more. This concise, entertaining workbook makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated 12th edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar, and includes answers to all reproducible quizzes to facilitate self-assessment and learning. Clear and concise, with easy-to-follow explanations, offering "just the facts" on English grammar, punctuation, and usage Fully updated to reflect the latest rules, along with even more quizzes and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.

Author : Adam Ledgeway,Martin Maiden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1169 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108602792

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The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics by Adam Ledgeway,Martin Maiden Pdf

The Romance languages and dialects constitute a treasure trove of linguistic data of profound interest and significance. Data from the Romance languages have contributed extensively to our current empirical and theoretical understanding of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and historical linguistics. Written by a team of world-renowned scholars, this Handbook explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages, and how the body of comparative and historical data taken from them can be applied to linguistic study. It also offers insights into the diatopic and diachronic variation exhibited by the Romance family of languages, of a kind unparalleled for any other Western languages. By asking what Romance languages can do for linguistics, this Handbook is essential reading for all linguists interested in the insights that a knowledge of the Romance evidence can provide for general issues in linguistic theory.

Author : Jeffrey P. Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108996815

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Expressivity in European Languages by Jeffrey P. Williams Pdf

There is an emerging perspective in the discipline of linguistics that takes expressivity as one of the key components of human communication and grammatical structure. Expressivity refers to the use of grammar in natural languages to convey sensory information in a creative way, for example through reduplication, iconicity, ideophones and onomatopoeia. Expressives are more commonly associated with non-European languages, so their presence in European languages has so far been under-documented. With contributions from a team of leading scholars, this pioneering book redresses that balance by providing copious, detailed information about the expressive systems of a set of European languages. It comprises a collection of original surveys of expressivity in languages as diverse as Hungarian, Finnish, Turkish, Scots, German, Greek, Italian, Catalan, Breton and Basque, all with the common goal of challenging structuralist assumptions about the role of syntax, and showing how expressivity is both typologically diverse and universal.

Author : Craig DeLancey
Publisher : Open SUNY Textbooks
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942341431

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A Concise Introduction to Logic by Craig DeLancey Pdf

Author : Timothy Williamson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198860662

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Suppose and Tell by Timothy Williamson Pdf

What does 'if' mean? Timothy Williamson presents a controversial new approach to understanding conditional thinking, which is central to human cognitive life. He argues that in using 'if' we rely on psychological heuristics, fast and frugal methods which can lead us to trust faulty data and prematurely reject simple theories.

Author : François Recanati
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Pragmatics
ISBN : 0191710229

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Truth-conditional Pragmatics by François Recanati Pdf

Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics/pragmatics divide. Through half a dozen case studies, he shows that 'pragmatic modulation' interacts with the grammar-driven process of semantic composition. As a result, what an utterance says cannot be neatly separated from what the speaker means.

Author : Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Land use
ISBN : NWU:35559002032492

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Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Decisions by Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Pdf

Includes decisions and motions of the Board.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Epigrams, Greek
ISBN : UCBK:B000327997

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Pamphlets on the Greek Language, Metrics and Grammar (including Epigraphy) by Anonim Pdf