Knowledge of Meaning ― An Introduction to Semantic Theory
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ISBN13:9780262621007
出版社:Bradford Books
作者:Richard K. Larson; Gabriel Segal
出版日:1995/09/23
裝訂/頁數:平裝/662頁
規格:23.5cm*21cm*4.4cm (高/寬/厚)
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Current textbooks in formal semantics are all versions of, or introductions to, thesame paradigm in semantic theory: Montague Grammar. Knowledge of Meaning is based on differentassumptions and a different history. It provides the only introduction to truth- theoretic semanticsfor natural languages, fully integrating semantic theory into the modern Chomskyan program inlinguistic theory and connecting linguistic semantics to research elsewhere in cognitive psychologyand philosophy. As such, it better fits into a modern graduate or undergraduate program inlinguistics, cognitive science, or philosophy. Furthermore, since the technical tools it employs aremuch simpler to teach and to master, Knowledge of Meaning can be taught by someone who is notprimarily a semanticist.Linguistic semantics cannot be studied as a stand-alone subject but only aspart of cognitive psychology, the authors assert. It is the study of a particular human cognitivecompetence governing the meanings of words and phrases. Larson and Segal argue that speakers haveunconscious knowledge of the semantic rules of their language, and they present concrete,empirically motivated proposals about a formal theory of this competence based on the work of AlfredTarski and Donald Davidson. The theory is extended to a wide range of constructions occurring innatural language, including predicates, proper nouns, pronouns and demonstratives, quantifiers,definite descriptions, anaphoric expressions, clausal complements, and adverbs.Knowledge of Meaninggives equal weight to philosophical, empirical, and formal discussions. It addresses not only theempirical issues of linguistic semantics but also its fundamental conceptual questions, includingthe relation of truth to meaning and the methodology of semantic theorizing. Numerous exercises areincluded in the book.
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