Compositionality, Context and Semantic Values - Essays in Honour of Ernie Lepore (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Are natural languages genuinely compositional? What roles does context play in linguistic communication, and by what means? In particular, does context interfere with the compositional determination of truth conditions? What meanings should theorists assign to sentences if compositionality is to be retained? These are the central questions of this important volume of new philosophical essays in honour of Ernie Lepore.
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Are natural languages genuinely compositional? What roles does context play in linguistic communication, and by what means? In particular, does context interfere with the compositional determination of truth conditions? What meanings should theorists assign to sentences if compositionality is to be retained? These are the central questions of this important volume of new philosophical essays in honour of Ernie Lepore.
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Imprint | Springer-Verlag New York |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 85 |
Release date | November 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | December 2008 |
Editors | Robert J. Stainton, Christopher Viger |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 282 |
Edition | 2009 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-8309-9 |
Barcode | 9781402083099 |
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LSN | 1-4020-8309-2 |
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