This pioneering study combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to develop a novel framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. A key innovation is to introduce explicit representations of context - assignment variables - in the syntax and semantics of natural language. The proposed theory systematizes a spectrum of 'shifting' phenomena in which the context relevant for interpreting certain expressions depends on features of the linguistic environment. Central applications include local and non-local contextual dependencies with quantifiers, attitude ascriptions, conditionals, questions, and relativization. The result is an innovative philosophically informed compositional semantics compatible with the truth-conditional paradigm. At the forefront of contemporary interdisciplinary research into meaning and communication, Semantics with Assignment Variables is essential reading for researchers and students in a diverse range of fields.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781108799126
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-108-79912-6
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 03.08.2023
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2023
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 394 g
- Seiten: 279
- Format (B x H x T): 149 x 226 x 19 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt