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Linguistic Meaning

2014-02-03 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Linguistic Meaning by : Keith Allan

Download or read book Linguistic Meaning written by Keith Allan. This book was released on 2014-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Keith Allan presents a coherent, consistent and comprehensive account of linguistic meaning, centred around an informally presented theory of meaning. It is intended for graduate and undergraduate students of linguistics, or any linguist curious about what a theory of meaning should seek to accomplish and the way to achieve that aim. The work assumes that the primary task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech acts. This in turn presupposes a theory of semantics and a theory of prosodic meaning, as well as a proper treatment of the co-operative principle, context and background information. These matters are dealt with in detail. The second task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to identify what meaning is, to explain the relationships between sense and denotation, and to explicate the nature of meaningful properties and meaning relations. These matters are fully covered, and the work concludes with a summary of the principle arguments presented.

Foundations of General Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

2014-01-10 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Foundations of General Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) by : Martin Atkinson

Download or read book Foundations of General Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) written by Martin Atkinson. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this major introduction to linguistics rapidly established itself as an important student textbook, and a reference tool for those who already have some acquaintance with linguistics. This second edition has been updated and revised and includes new chapters on syntax and on current developments in generative grammar, as well as new material on the nature of language and on morphology. This book first provides a comprehensive critical review of the analytic tools and theories of linguistics and systematically surveys major concepts in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Having established the basic nature and structure of language, the final part of the book engages some of the wider issues concerning the use of language in speaking and understanding (psycholinguistics), language development in children, social aspects of language (sociolinguistics), and historical language choice.

The Conceptual Basis of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

2014-01-10 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Conceptual Basis of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) by : David McNeill

Download or read book The Conceptual Basis of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) written by David McNeill. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the author deals explicitly and literally with the speech-thought relationship. Departing boldly from contemporary linguistic and psycholinguistic thinking, the author offers us one of the truly serious efforts since Vygotsky to deal with this question. A unifying theme is the organization of action, and speech is seen as growing out of sensory-motor representations that are simultaneously part of meaning and part of action.

Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

2014-02-03 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) by : Hayley G. Davis

Download or read book Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) written by Hayley G. Davis. This book was released on 2014-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The academic discipline of linguistics is at a critical stage of development. Whatever consensus there may have been fifteen or even ten years ago is fast disappearing. A process of redefinition is underway, and it is the aim of this volume to contribute to that process, explain why a redefinition is needed, and how it should proceed. In the case of linguistics the subject is also the subject matter. Many linguists have ignored the problem of definition, simply regarding linguistics as the ‘science of language itself’. What, though, is ‘language itself’? Is it a language, ie English, Swahili? Or, language in a more general sense? The primary goal of a redefinition of linguistics should be to demonstrate that language is not an objective matter. Linguistics is, and should be, the study of whatever is linguistically pertinent. A linguistics redefined would look at how we interpret and construct our day-to-day communication acts, what views of language are shared by and opposed by societies, and the source and roles that these views play in our living and learning experience. These papers argue the case for such a redefinition more explicitly than has ever been done before in modern linguistic theory. Such a redefined perspective, precisely because it is a perspective, subject to ‘outside’ influence, and in constant dialogue with the perspective of the other human sciences, must be endlessly redefined.

The Linguistic Description of Opaque Contexts (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

2014-02-03 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Linguistic Description of Opaque Contexts (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) by : Janet Dean Fodor

Download or read book The Linguistic Description of Opaque Contexts (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) written by Janet Dean Fodor. This book was released on 2014-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of opacity falls under the general programme of showing how the meaning of any complex sentence is composed from the meanings of its constituent clauses, phrases and words. Opaque constructions are special from this point of view because the compositional principles that determine their meaning are so intricate. The main argument of this book is that the systematic ambiguity of opaque constructions has generally been underestimated.

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