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.
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"Hornstein is a first-rate philosopher with an exceptional knowledge of contemporary linguistics. His approach is controversial, but quite sound." Noam Chomsky
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The purpose of this book is to consider how meaning in natural languages should be handled theoretically-in particular, how and to what extent phenomena usually construed as falling within the domain of a theory of meaning can be incorporated into a theory of the kind currently proposed by generative grammarians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extended binding theory, interpretive independence, semantical theorist, linguistic productivity, coindexing possibilities, unmoved elements, other logical elements, relative quantifier scope, existential phrase, pronoun binding, whole relative clause, referential circularity, contextual indices, semantical theory, semantical notions, primary linguistic data, governing category, quantifier types, semantical theories, interpretive properties, quantified phrases, nonlinguistic entities, natural language interpretation, having wide scope, indicated interpretation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The purpose of this book is to consider how meaning in natural languages should be handled theoretically-in particular, how and to what extent phenomena usually construed as falling within the domain of a theory of meaning can be incorporated into a theory of the kind currently proposed by generative grammarians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extended binding theory, interpretive independence, semantical theorist, linguistic productivity, coindexing possibilities, unmoved elements, other logical elements, relative quantifier scope, existential phrase, pronoun binding, whole relative clause, referential circularity, contextual indices, semantical theory, semantical notions, primary linguistic data, governing category, quantifier types, semantical theories, interpretive properties, quantified phrases, nonlinguistic entities, natural language interpretation, having wide scope, indicated interpretation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jim Valvano, Leftness Condition, Universal Grammar, Empty Category Principle, Only Churchill, Immediate Scope Condition, Queen Elizabeth New!
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- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein on page 144, and Back Matter
- Word and Object (Studies in Communication) by Willard Van Orman Quine on page 117, and Back Matter
- The Roots of Reference (Paul Carus Lectures) by Willard V. Quine on page 117, and Back Matter
- Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature by Richard Rorty in Back Matter
- Midwest Studies in Philosophy: Philosophy of Science by Peter A. French in Back Matter
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- The Time of My Life: An Autobiography by Willard Van Orman Quine in Front Matter
- Introduction To Philosophy by William James Earle on page 176
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