The science of meaning : essays on the metatheory of natural language semantics

With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning, and semantics is the science of linguistic meaning. But what exactly is "meaning"? What is the exact target of semantic theory? This volume explores these questions, in the light of the current state...

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Other Authors: Ball, Derek (Editor), Rabern, Brian, (Editor)
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020
Edition: First published in paperback
Subjects:
sémantika
význam (logika)
semantics
meaning (philosophy)
sborníky
papers of several authors
ISBN: 978-0-19-886573-5
978-0-19-873954-8
Physical Description: vii, 413 stran : ilustrace ; 25 cm

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Summary: With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning, and semantics is the science of linguistic meaning. But what exactly is "meaning"? What is the exact target of semantic theory? This volume explores these questions, in the light of the current state of the art in natural language semantics.
Bibliography: Obsahuje bibliografii a rejstřík
ISBN: 978-0-19-886573-5
978-0-19-873954-8

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