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Pragmatics and semantics an empiricist theory /

What is the nature of communicative competence? Carol Kates addresses this crucial linguistic question, examining and finally rejecting the rationalistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and elaborated by Jerrold J. Katz, among others. She sets forth three reasons why the rationalistic model shoudl b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kates, Carol A., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1980.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pragmatics and Semantics
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Pragmatics and Semantic: The Nature of Communicative Competence
  • 1. Transformational-Generative Grammar
  • 2. Semantic Grammar and Communicative Competence
  • 3. Acquisition of Lexical Paradigms
  • 4. Acquisition of Grammatical Paradigms
  • 5. Pragmatic Structures
  • The Pragmatic Structure of Predicative Acts: Topic and Comment
  • Rationalistic Pragmatics: Contextual Rules
  • 6. Linguistic Creativity
  • Part II. An Empiricist Theory of Utterance Meaning: Philosophical Foundations
  • 7. Phenomenological Empiricism
  • 8. An Empiricist Accountof Universals
  • The Formation of Classes
  • The Arguments against Classical Empiricism
  • 9. Universal Grammar
  • 10. The Authority of Logical Truth
  • Traditional Empiricism and the Problem of Psychologism
  • The Law of Contradiction
  • The Law of Contradiction and Logical Deduction
  • 11. The Constitution of Novel Utterance Meanings: The Metaphorical Function
  • Semantic Theories of Metaphor
  • A Pragmatic Theory of Metaphor
  • Metaphorical Creativity: Living and Dead Metaphors
  • The Metaphorical Function: Conclusions
  • 12. Conclusion