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The Unity of Linguistic Meaning

2011-09-29 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Unity of Linguistic Meaning by : John Collins

Download or read book The Unity of Linguistic Meaning written by John Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Collins presents an analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition - how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives.

Unraveling the Unity of Linguistic Meaning

2014 Language and languages
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Release : 2014
Genre : Language and languages
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Book Synopsis Unraveling the Unity of Linguistic Meaning by : Scott Forsythe

Download or read book Unraveling the Unity of Linguistic Meaning written by Scott Forsythe. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unity and Plurality

2016 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2016
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Book Synopsis Unity and Plurality by : Massimiliano Carrara

Download or read book Unity and Plurality written by Massimiliano Carrara. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unity and Plurality presents novel ways of thinking about plurality while casting new light on the interconnections among the logical, philosophical, and linguistic aspects of plurals. The volume brings together new work on the logic and ontology of plurality and on the semantics of plurals in natural language. Plural reference, the view that definite plurals such as 'the students' refer to several entities at once (the individual students), is an approach favoured by logicians and philosophers, who take sentences with plurals ('the students gathered') not to be committed to entities beyond individuals, entities such as classes, sums, or sets. By contrast, linguistic semantics has been dominated by a singularist approach to plurals, taking the semantic value of a definite plural such as 'the students' to be a mereological sum or set. Moreover, semantics has been dominated by a particular ontological view of plurality, that of extensional mereology. This volume aims to build a bridge between the two traditions and to show the fruitfulness of nonstandard mereological approaches. A team of leading experts investigates new perspectives that arise from plural logic and non-standard mereology and explore novel applications to natural language phenomena.

Unity and Diversity of Languages

2008 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2008
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Book Synopsis Unity and Diversity of Languages by : P. G. J. van Sterkenburg

Download or read book Unity and Diversity of Languages written by P. G. J. van Sterkenburg. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Permanent International Committee of Linguists (Comité International Permanent des Linguistes, CIPL) has organized the 18th Congress of Linguists in Seoul (July 21-26, 2008), in close collaboration with the Linguistic Society of Korea. In this book one finds the invited talks which address hot topics in various subdisciplines presented by outstanding and internationally well known experts. In addition, the state-of-the-art papers provide an overview of the most important research areas of contemporary linguistics.

Meaning and Grammar

2013-07-31 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2013-07-31
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Book Synopsis Meaning and Grammar by : Michel Kefer

Download or read book Meaning and Grammar written by Michel Kefer. This book was released on 2013-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically different types must be carefully analyzed before general theories are possible. Typological comparison of this kind is now at the centre of linguistic research. The series empirical approaches to language typology presents a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. The distinctive feature of the series is its markedly empirical orientation. All conclusions to be reached are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. General problems are focused on from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of phenomena from little known languages, which shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics. The series is open to contributions from different theoretical persuasions. It thus reflects the methodological pluralism that characterizes the present situation. Care is taken that all volumes be accessible to every linguist and, moreover, to every reader specializing in some domain related to human language. A deeper understanding of human language in general, based on a detailed analysis of typological diversity among individual languages, is fundamental for many sciences, not only for linguists. Therefore, this series has proven to be indispensable in every research library, be it public or private, which has a specialization in language and the language sciences. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

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