Logic as grammar /

How is the meaning of natural language interpreted? Taking as its point of departure the logical problem of natural language acquisition, this book elaborates a theory of meaning based on syntactical rather than semantical processes. Hornstein argues that the traditional neoFregean approach taken by...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hornstein, Norbert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1984]
Series:Bradford book.
Subjects:
Semantics.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Language and logic.
Language acquisition.
Semantics
Language Development
Sémantique.
Grammaire comparée et générale.
Langage et logique.
Langage > Acquisition.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general
Language acquisition
Language and logic
Logica.
Generatieve semantiek.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Semantic competence
  • 2. Two types of quantifiers
  • 3. The logical syntax of definite descriptions and belief-sentences
  • 4. A grammatical basis for the theory of quantifier types
  • 5. Application of the theory to more problems and puzzles
  • 6. Is interpretation theory a semantic theory?
  • 7. Is semantics possible?

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