Use-conditional meaning : studies in multidimensional semantics / Daniel Gutzmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutzmann, Daniel, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 6. (NL-LeOCL)369431189.

Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Conditionals.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

xvii, 304 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition, impression 1.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Pragmatics and the scope of semantics 1

1.2 Use-conditional meaning 6

1.3 Hybrid semantics 7

1.4 Goals for the book 8

1.5 Notes on terminology 9

1.6 Overview of the individual chapters 10

2 The case for use-conditional meaning 14

2.1 Use-conditional semantics 14

2.1.1 Denotations for use-conditional content 15

2.1.2 Hybrid semantics 20

2.1.3 Reasoning in hybrid semantics 22

2.2 Varieties of UCIs 26

2.2.1 Expressives in the narrow sense 27

2.2.2 Particles 32

2.2.3 Non-lexical UCIs 34

2.2.4 Types of UCIs 38

2.3 Chapter summary 42

3 Previous approaches to multidimensional meaning 44

3.1 Introduction 44

3.2 L_CI-The logic of conventional implicatures 44

3.2.1 Types for L_CI 46

3.2.2 Modes of composition 51

3.2.3 Interpretation 59

3.3 Assessment of L_CI 63

3.3.1 Types of UCIs in L_CI 63

3.3.2 Use-conditional modifiers 73

3.3.3 Abstraction problem 77

3.3.4 Summary of the assessment of L_CI 78

3.4 L</sup>+</sup>_CI-Accounting for mixed content 78

3.4.1 From trees to proofs 78

3.4.2 New types in L</sup>+</sup>_CI 81

3.4.3 New rules of proof in L</sup>+</sup>_CI 83

3.4.4 Omitting mixed types from 86

3.5 Assessment of L</sup>+</sup>_CI 87

3.5.1 Types of UCIs in L</sup>+</sup>_CI 87

3.5.2 Use-conditional modifiers 91

3.5.3 Abstraction problems in L</sup>+</sup>_CI 93

3.5.4 Quantification problems in L</sup>+</sup>_CI 94

3.5.5 Summary of the assessment of L</sup>*</sup>_CI 96

3.6 Compositionality issues with 96

4 A multidimensional logic for hybrid semantics 103

4.1 Introduction 103

4.2 Use-conditional types 104

4.3 Towards true multidimensionality 107

4.3.1 Compositional L_CI 107

4.3.2 Compositional L</sup>+</sup>_CI 117

4.4 The new logic L_TU 125

4.4.1 Extension and generalization 126

4.4.2 Lexical extension rules 137

4.4.3 Abbreviation conventions 147

4.4.4 The architecture of L_TU 151

4.5 Assessment of L_TU 155

4.5.1 Types of UCIs in L_TU 155

4.5.2 Further cases 158

4.6 Chapter summary 164

5 Sentence mood 166

5.1 Introduction 166

5.2 Kinds of approaches to sentence mood 169

5.2.1 An integrative approach 172

5.2.2 An implicit approach 177

5.2.3 A multidimensional approach 183

5.3 A compositional approach to sentence mood 184

5.3.1 Epistemic interpretation 186

5.3.2 Movement and visibility 187

5.3.3 Deontic interpretation 189

5.3.4 Hearer knowledge 191

5.3.5 Imperatives 193

5.4 From integration to multidimensionality 194

5.4.1 Presuppositions? 195

5.4.2 Truth conditions? 197

5.5 Use conditions and sentence mood 202

5.6 Formalization of a use-conditional approach to sentence mood 204

5.6.1 Deontic attitude 204

5.6.2 Epistemic attitude 208

5.6.3 Hearer knowledge 211

5.7 Chapter summary 213

6 Modal particles 215

6.1 Introduction 215

6.2 Properties of modal particles 216

6.2.1 The syntax of modal particles 217

6.2.2 The semantics of modal particles 220

6.2.3 Modal particles and sentence mood 223

6.2.4 Interim summary 230

6.3 Hybrid semantics for modal particles 231

6.3.1 Modal particles as use-conditional items 232

6.3.2 Non-truth-conditionality 232

6.3.3 Negation 234

6.3.4 Scope 237

6.4 Deriving syntax from semantics 239

6.4.1 Projectional behavior 240

6.4.2 Coordination 241

6.4.3 Focus 243

6.4.4 Questions 250

6.4.5 Fronting 252

6.5 Modal particles and sentence mood 254

6.5.1 Selectional restrictions due to types 256

6.5.2 Selectional restrictions due to meaning 261

6.6 Chapter summary 267

7 Uncharted dimensions 269

7.1 Introduction 269

7.2 Use-conditional and non-at-issue meaning 269

7.3 Meaning dimensions and discourse updates 272

7.4 Hybrid semantics and language change 273

7.5 Typology of use-conditional meaning 275.

ISBN:

9780198723837

0198723830

OCLC:

913780664