Semantics with assignment variables

• Verfasst von: Silk, Alex [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Semantics with assignment variables
• Verf.angabe: Alex Silk
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne, VIC ; New Delhi ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: ix, 269 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83601-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Bedeutung / (s)Kontext / (s)Philosophie / (s)Linguistik
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Silk, Alex: Semantics with assignment variables. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 269 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1745014519

Abstract

"This pioneering study combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to develop a novel framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. A key innovation is to introduce explicit representations of context-assignment variables-in the syntax and semantics of natural language. The proposed theory systematizes a spectrum of "shifting" phenomena in which the context relevant for interpreting certain expressions depends on features of the linguistic environment. Central applications include local and non-local contextual dependencies with quantifiers, attitude ascriptions, conditionals, questions, and relativization. The result is an innovative philosophically informed compositional semantics compatible with the truth-conditional paradigm. At the forefront of contemporary interdisciplinary research into meaning and communication, Semantics with Assignment Variables is essential reading for researchers and students in a diverse range of fields"--