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1 online resource (vi, 189 pages) : illustrations |
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Trends in Logic ; v. 29 |
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Trends in logic ; v. 29.
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| Contents |
1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Epistemological Background of the Problem of Syntax -- 1.2 Language of Logic and Language of Linguistics -- 1.2.1 The 8216;Haughtiness8217; of Logic -- 1.2.2 The 8216;Pretentiousness8217; of Linguistics -- 1.3 Towards a General Perspective -- 2 SYNTAX -- 2.1 The Functoriality Principle -- 2.1.1 Three Levels of FP -- 2.1.2 Terminology -- 2.1.3 Preliminary Characteristic of FP Levels -- 2.1.4 Definition of Semantic Category -- 2.2 Fundamental Intuitons: Postulates and Controversies -- 2.2.1 Interchangeability Principle -- 2.2.2 Division into Basic and Non-basic Categories -- 2.2.3 Syntax-Semantics Interface -- 2.2.4 Atomicity Principle, Categories and Types -- 2.3 Some Consequences of the Functoriality Principle -- 2.3.1 Functoriality and Compositionality -- 2.3.2 Intralinguistic Definition of Syntactic Operations -- 3 SEMANTICS -- 3.1 Some Technical and Logical Problems With Ostension -- 3.2 Names -- 3.2.1 The Definition of Ostensive Meaning -- 3.2.2 The Problem of Vagueness -- 3.2.3 Public Language and Private Language -- 3.2.4 Compound Names: Natural Kinds and Appearance Concepts -- 3.2.5 Analycity and Quasi-Ostension -- 3.3 Sentences -- 3.3.1 Standard Theory of Situations -- 3.3.2 Ostensive Meaning of a Sentence -- 3.3.3 Non Ostensive Meaning of a Sentence -- 3.3.4 Meanings Versus Semantic Correlates -- 3.3.5 Situations and Truth-Conditions: Boolean Compounds and Quantification -- 3.3.6 Comparison with the Parsons-Davidson theory -- 3.3.7 Nominalization: Events Versus Propositions -- 3.3.8 Hints for Analysis of Intensional Contexts -- 4 CATEGORIAL ANALYSIS -- 4.1 Problem of Logical Form (LF) -- 4.1.1 Logical Form and Stratification of Syntactic Structures -- 4.1.2 Logical Form and Traditional Grammar -- 4.1.3 Natural Technical Language: Normal Contexts -- 4.2 Principles of Analysis -- 4.2.1 Paraphrase Acceptability Criteria -- 4.2.2 Categorical and Facultative Rules -- 4.2.3 Syntactic Ambiguity: Amphiboly and Alternation -- 4.3 Details of Categorial Analysis -- 4.3.1 Notation and Technical Assumptions -- 4.3.2 Examples -- 5 CONCLUSION |
| Summary |
This book is intended as a preliminary work for a uniform description of language, especially overall organization and architecture of grammar and its connection with semantics. An array of general logical intuitions, concerning the initial requirements for building and interpreting compound expressions, stemming from Frege, Husserl and Ajdukiewicz, is spelled out to form a general framework, allowing for critical evaluation of today's leading paradigms, such as Generative Grammar, Montague Grammar or Type-Logical Grammar. The main message of the book is that categorial grammar is not only one of the competing theories of syntax, but --according to some general features--is the most plausible framework for logical syntax of natural language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammatical categories.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Grammatical categories.
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Language and languages.
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Philosophy.
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Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Lógica
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Lenguaje y lenguas
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammatical categories
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048132881 |
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9048132886 |
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128283925X |
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9781282839250 |
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9048132916 |
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9789048132911 |
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9786612839252 |
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6612839252 |
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