Constructions in Use / Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Author.

Series:

Dissertations in Language and Cognition

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Alexander auf der Straße, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Summary:

Semantics is one of the core disciplines of philosophy of language. There are basically two strands of established theories: use-based and truth-conditional, with the latter being the dominant variety. This dominance has been questioned recently by linguists who embrace a research paradigm that is known as construction grammar. As construction grammar is use-based, it seems natural to suppose that its success is indirect support for use-based semantics in philosophy. This is true. But there's still a lot to do. Although there are use-based theories that fit quite well with current research in linguistics, they are far from being perfect. In particular, the most popular theory in that area is still tied to some of the main motivations behind truth-conditional semantics. 'Constructions in Use' offers an alternative by proposing to let this legacy go. Instead, it argues that philosophical semantics is best off if it goes for an entirely use-based theory. This series explores issues of mental representation, linguistic structure and representation, and their interplay. The research presented in this series is grounded in the idea explored in the Collaborative Research Center 'The structure of representations in language, cognition and science' (SFB 991) that there is a universal format for the representation of linguistic and cognitive concepts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

1 Introduction

I. Meaning

2 Meaning: Primary, Pragmatic, and Others

3 Usage-based Theories of Meaning

4 Truth-conditional Theories of Meaning

II. Disposition

5 Theories of Truth & Meaning

6 Dispositional Analyses

III. Method

7 Semantic-Methodological Concerns

8 On Phenomena and Tokenings

9 Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110720334

3110720337

OCLC:

1330932384

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access