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1 online resource (449 pages) |
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1 Contributions to This Volume -- References -- Part I: Linguistics and the Formal Sciences -- 2: The Complexities of Syntax -- 1 What Is Syntax? -- 2 Syntatic Versus Formal Properties -- 3 Pure Versus Descriptive Syntax -- 4 Syntax Simpliciter Versus Logical Syntax -- 5 Carnap's Extended Syntax -- 6 Embodied Syntax -- 7 Kinds of Syntactic Properties -- 8 Semantics -- 9 Rules Versus Formulations -- 10 Syntax of Artificial Languages of Logic |
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11 The Importance of the Clear Distinction Between Syntax and Semantics -- 12 Syntax in the Brain -- 13 Syntax and Artificial Intelligence -- 14 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Negation in Dedekind Orderings and the Logic of Reciprocity -- 1 Dedekind Orderings -- 2 Conjunction and Disjunction in Dedekind Orderings -- 3 Singly Negated Mappings of Dedekind Orderings -- 4 Multiply Negated Mappings of Dedekind Orderings -- 5 Reference to Negation and d-Negation of Entities -- 6 The Role of Negation and d-Negation in a Reformulation of the Logic of Reciprocity -- References |
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4: Variations on Abstract Semantic Spaces -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Some Semantic Spaces in Practice -- 3 Some Abstract Semantic Spaces -- 4 Word Meaning in Space, and Its Integration into Sentence Meaning -- 5 Inferences from Semantic Spaces -- 6 Learning from Both Examples and Explanations -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 5: Mathematical Transfers in Linguistics: A Dynamic Between Ethos and Formalization as a Process of Scientific Legitimization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Science to Discourse: Understanding the Dynamics -- 2.1 Science and Discourse |
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2.2 Discourse and Discourse Analysis -- 2.3 Discourse Analysis and Ethos -- 2.4 Formalization and Writing -- 2.5 About Writing in Mathematics and Science -- 3 From Discourse to Context -- 3.1 Why Is Linguistics an Interesting Case? -- 3.2 The Constitution of Linguistics as a Full-Fledged Science: The French Case -- 3.3 Mathematical Transfers and New Epistemologies of Language -- 3.4 From Linguistics to the Work of One -- 4 Aimed Ethos: Rigor, Mathematics and Discourse -- 5 Conceptual Transfers and the Status of Mathematics -- 6 Mathematics and Linguistics: The Discourse Duplication |
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7 Expected ethos -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Linguistics and the Natural Sciences -- 6: Scientific Realism and Linguistics: Two Stories of Scientific Progress -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Short History of Scientific Realism -- 3 Of Superseding and Superseded Theories -- 4 Chomsky: From a Formal Description of Language to Biolinguistics -- 5 Labov: From Linguistic Autonomy to Sociolinguistic Performativity -- 6 A Similar Kind of Progress? -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 7: Linguistic Change and Biological Evolution -- 1 Background |
| Summary |
This volume brings together a diverse range of scholars to address important philosophical and interdisciplinary questions in the study of language. Linguistics throughout history has been a conduit to the study of the mind, brain, societal structure, literature and history itself. The epistemic and methodological transfer between the sciences and humanities in regards to linguistics has often been documented, but the underlying philosophical issues have not always been adequately addressed. With 15 original and interdisciplinary chapters, this volume therefore tackles vital questions relating to the philosophy, history, and theoretical interplay between the study of language and fields as varied as logic, physics, biology, classical philology and neuroscience. With a four part structure, questions of the mathematical foundations of linguistics, links to the natural sciences, cognitive implications and historical connections, take centre stage throughout the volume. The final chapters present research related to the linguistic connections between history, philosophy and the humanities more broadly. Advancing new avenues of research, this volume is exemplary in its treatment of diachronic and cross-disciplinary interaction, and will be of interest to all scholars interested in the study of language |
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2 Computational Approaches to Language Change |
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nefdt, Ryan M., editor.
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Klippi, Carita, editor.
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Karstens, Bart, 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030554385 |
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3030554384 |
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