Semantics and beyond : philosophical and linguistic inquiries / edited by Piotr Stalmaszczyk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, editor.

Series:

Philosophische Analyse ; Band 57.

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis, 2198-2066 ; Volume / Band 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics--Congresses.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Papers in the collection concentrate on different issues relevant for contemporary research within semantics, such as the linguistic and philosophical status of representations, reference theory and indexicals, situation semantics, formal semantics, normativity of meaning and speech acts, and different approaches to context and contextualism. The authors investigate the links between semantics and syntax, and between semantics, pragmatics, and speech act theory, and demonstrate that it is possible to integrate findings from different disciplines. Recent studies often advocate a 'pragmatic turn' in the study of meaning and context; however, the papers in the volume show that semantics and meaning remain in the center of research carried out within contemporary linguistics and philosophy, especially the philosophy of language. The volume includes contributions by: Brian Ball (St Anne's College, Oxford), John Collins (University of East Anglia), Luis Fernández Moreno (Complutense University of Madrid), Chris Fox (University of Essex), Filip Kawczyński (University of Warsaw), Katarzyna Kijania-Placek (Jagiellonian University), Joanna Klimczyk (Polish Academy of Sciences), Paul Livingston (University of New Mexico), Mark Pinder (University of Bristol), Ernesto Perini-Santos (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Tabea Reiner (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich), Stefan Riegelnik (University of Zurich), Arthur Sullivan (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Massimiliano Vignolo (University of Genoa), and Marián Zouhar (Slovak Academy of Sciences). The volume should be of interest to linguists, philosophers of language, and philosophers in general.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Semantics and Beyond: Philosophical and Linguistic Inquiries. Preface / Stalmaszczyk, Piotr

On the Normativity of Speech Acts / Ball, Brian

Representations without Representa: Content and Illusion in Linguistic Theory / Collins, John

Kripke, Putnam, and the Description Theory / Moreno, Luis Fernández

The Meaning of Formal Semantics / Fox, Chris

Frege's Puzzle and the Direct Reference Theory / Kawczyński, Filip

Situation Semantics, Time, and Descriptive Indexicals / Kijania-Placek, Katarzyna

The Prescription Argument Against the Normativity of Meaning / Klimczyk, Joanna

The Sense of Finitude and the Finitude of Sense / Livingston, Paul

Green Leaves Again! An Assessment of Kennedy and McNally's Solution to Travis' Challenge / Perini-Santos, Ernesto

Borg's Minimalism and the Problem of Paradox / Pinder, Mark

Lexical vs. Grammatical Meaning Revisited / Reiner, Tabea

Sentence, Proposition, and Context. On the Idea of an Intermediate Level / Riegelnik, Stefan

On the Semantic Relevance of Romanovs / Sullivan, Arthur

What Incompleteness Arguments Tell Us about Semantics and Linguistic Competence / Vignolo, Massimiliano

On Underdetermination of Contextualism / Zouhar, Marián

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110391145

3110391147

9783110362480

3110362481

OCLC:

1002252010