Language Meaning And Context
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Language Meaning And Context
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Author : John Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Fontana Press
Release Date : 1981
Language Meaning And Context written by John Lyons and has been published by Fontana Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Contexts
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Author : Stefano Predelli
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2005-06-09
Contexts written by Stefano Predelli and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Stefano Predelli comes to the defence of the traditional 'formal' approach to natural-language semantics, arguing that it has been misrepresented not only by its critics, but also by its foremost defenders. In Contexts he offers a fundamental reappraisal, with particular attention to the treatment of indexicality and other forms of contextual dependence which have been the focus of much recent controversy. Predelli shows how his metasemantic approach deals with a variety of important semantic and philosophical puzzles. He analyses the relationship between indexicality and logical validity, discussing well-known problem cases, and demonstrating the limits of token-reflexive systems. He investigates the relationships between truth-conditions and assignments of truth-values at particular points of evaluation, and shows that so-called contextualist worries do not undermine the traditional semantic approach. Finally, he shows that semantic befuddlement about the interpretation of attitude reports is based on an inadequate understanding of the scope of natural language semantics. Contexts will be of great interest to all philosophers of language, and to many linguists.
Meaning And Context
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Author : Luca Baptista
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2010
Meaning And Context written by Luca Baptista and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Pragmatics categories.
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.
Meaning Context And Methodology
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Author : Sarah-Jane Conrad
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-10-23
Meaning Context And Methodology written by Sarah-Jane Conrad and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Meaning Form And Use In Context
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Author : Deborah Schiffrin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Meaning Form And Use In Context written by Deborah Schiffrin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Linguistic Semantics
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Author : John Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-11-30
Linguistic Semantics written by John Lyons and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This successor to Language, Meaning and Context provides an invaluable introduction to linguistic semantics.
Meaning In Context
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Author : Jonathan J. Webster
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2008-04-21
Meaning In Context written by Jonathan J. Webster and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Meaning in Context collects some of the biggest names in systemic functional linguistics in one volume, and shows how this theory can be applied to language studies 'intelligently', in order to arrive at a better understanding of how meaning is constructed in language. The chapters use systemic functional theory to examine a range of issues including corpus linguistics, multimodality, language technology, world Englishes and language evolution. This forward-thinking volume will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and systemic functional linguistics.
Lexical Meaning In Context
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Author : Nicholas Asher
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-17
Lexical Meaning In Context written by Nicholas Asher and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Language Context And Text
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Author : Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Language Context And Text written by Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This study deals with the linguistic study of texts as a way of understanding how language functions in its immensely varied range of social contexts. The authors adopt a functional approach to language, in which the different registers or functional varieties of a language are explained by reference to the different contexts in which they occur. Their analysis reveals how, on the one hand, each text is unique, while on the other, the way a text is organized and the kinds of coherence it displays are closely related to the place and the value that it has in its social and cultural environment.
Exploring Language In Global Contexts
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Author : Jeffrey Gil
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-06-07
Exploring Language In Global Contexts written by Jeffrey Gil and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This accessible and engaging textbook offers a practical approach to understanding the complexity of language by exploring language use and language learning in a wide variety of contexts. Bringing together leading specialists who are active researchers in the field of linguistics, this book introduces readers to major fields of language study by focusing on social, cultural and historical factors that show the dynamic nature of language. Topics explored include first and second language acquisition, grammar, meaning-making and pragmatics, language use and technology, language variation, and English as a global language. This book surveys major principles and shows how to apply them through structured discussion topics and activities to facilitate a greater understanding and appreciation of language. This is essential reading for undergraduate students taking courses in linguistics and language use, and a valuable resource for students of communication studies, media studies, sociology and anthropology.