Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics - Couverture souple

Beaver, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1575861208 ISBN 13 : 9781575861203

Editeur : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion, 2001

Synopsis

Russell and Strawson sparked a well known debate on the subject of Linguistic Presupposition inspiring many linguists and philosophers to follow suit, including Frege, whose work initiated the modern study in this area. Beaver begins with the most comprehensive overview and critical discussion of this burgeoning field published to date. He then goes on to motivate and develop his own account based on a Dynamic Semantics. This account is a recent line of theoretical work in which the Tarskian emphasis on truth conditions is questioned. The central plank of the theory of meaning is a formal account of the change in information effected by use of language on hearers or readers. The proposal thus consolidates ideas of Stalnaker, Karttunen and Heim, all of whom had suggested that such an account was needed. At the same time it provides a new impulse and motivation to Dynamic Semantics itself.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1575861208
• ISBN 13: 9781575861203
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: The University of Chicago Press; https://press.uchicago.edu/index.html; ; 5801 S. Ellis Avenue; Chicago; IL; 60637; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible