An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). As well as gaining a systematic overview of meaning in English, readers can learn how to argue for analyses. Among the significant concepts introduced are denotation, sense relations, event types, explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and (at an elementary level) Generalised Quantifier Theory. Sense relations - such as antonymy and hyponymy - are presented as summarising patterns of entailment. The sense of a word is seen as the contributions it makes to the entailments carried by sentences. This textbook is compact and self-contained, offering: *Discussion of many examples *A theoretically informed approach *Accessible organisation and style *Detailed treatment of selected areas of English *Consolidation and extension through exercises The chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus.Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics.
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In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics.Pragmatics encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences; provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts such as sentence and utterance, entailment, presupposition, implicature and direct and indirect speech acts; introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the co-operative principle and speech act theory...
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Preface 1 What is logic? 12 Validity and soundness 93 Patterns of inference 184 The counterexample technique 295 Proofs 366 Validity and arguments 44 Interlude: Logic, formal and informal 517 Three propositional connectives 538 The syntax of PL 639 The semantics of PL 7210 'A's and 'B's, 'P's and 'Q's 8211 Truth functions 8812 Tautologies 10113 Tautological entailment 107 Interlude: Propositional logic 12314 PLC and the material conditional 12515 More on the material conditional 13716 Introducing PL...
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An Introduction To Formal Logic : Cambridge University Press : Blackwell Books : Books
Intermediate Logic is an ideal text for anyone who has taken a first course in logic and is progressing to further study. It examines logical theory, rather than the applications of logic, and does not assume any specific technical grounding. The author introduces and explains each concept and term, ensuring that readers have a firm foundation for study. He provides a broad, deep understanding of logic by adopting and comparing a variety of different methods and approaches. In the first section, Bostock covers such fundamental notions as truth, validity, entailment, qualification, and decision procedures. Part Two lays out a definitive introduction to four key logical tools or procedures: semantic tableaux, axiomatic proofs, natural deduction, and sequent calculi. The final section opens up new areas of existence and identity, concluding by moveing from orthodox logic to an examination of 'free logic'. Intermediate Logic provides an ideal secondary course in logic for university students, and a bridge to advanced study of such subjects as model theory, proof theory, and other specialized areas of mathematical logic.
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Pt. I Knowledge and skepticism 1 Introduction by Matthias Steup 11 Is knowledge closed under known entailment? 13 The case against closure by Fred Dretske 13 The case for closure by John Hawthorne 26 Reply to Hawthorne 432 Is knowledge contextual? 47 Contextualism contested by Earl Conee 47 Contextualism defended by Stewart Cohen 56 Contextualism contested some more 62 Contextualism defended some more 673 Can skepticism be refuted? 72 The refutation of skepticism by Jonathan Vogel 72 The...
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1 Semantic paradoxes 92 Set theoretic paradoxes 283 Godel's theorem 394 Truth and falsity 535 Dialetheic semantics for extensional connectives 736 Entailment 827 Pragmatics 948 The disjunctive syllogism and quasi-validity 1109 Semantic closure and the philosophy of language 12510 Set theory and the philosophy of mathematics 14111 The metaphysics of change I : the instant of change 15912 The metaphysics of change II : motion 17213 Norms and the philosophy of law 18214 The transconsistent 20715 The...
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Descartes's Cogito ergo sum is one of the best-known of all philosophical formulations, but many philosophers have found it problematic. Katz proposes that the "Cogito" should be understood as an example of "analytical entailment".
Cogitations by Jerrold J. Katz
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Deals with standard linguistic topics like componential analysis, semantic universals and the syntax-semantics controversy. It also offers students with no training in philosophy or logic an introduction to such topics as logical form, truth, speech acts, analyticity, entailment and presupposition.
Semantic Theory by Ruth M. Kempson, P. Austin, J. Bresnan
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A collection of classic and contemporary readings in the philosophy of logic. Areas of coverage include: logic; truth, propositions and meaning; quantifiers and quantificational theory; validity, inference and entailment; and modality, intensionality and propositional attitude.
Philosophy of Logic by Dale Jacquette (Editor)
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Semantics is a bridge discipline between linguistics and philosophy; but linguistics student are rarely able to reach that bridge, let alone cross it to inspect and assess the activity on the other side. Professor Kempson's textbook seeks particularly to encourage such exchanges. She deals with the standard linguistic topics like componential analysis, semantic universals and the syntax-semantics controversy. But she also provides for students with no training in philosophy or logic an introduction to such central topics in the philosophy of language as logical form, truth, speech acts, analyticity, entailment and presupposition. The exposition throughout is deliberately argumentative rather than descriptive, introducing the student step by step to the major problems in theoretical semantics. Special emphasis is placed on the need to consider individual arguments within the overall perspective of semantics as an integral part of general linguistic theory. Written primarily as a textbook for undergraduates and graduates in linguistics departments, this book will also be useful to undergraduates in philosophy and in psychology where linguistics is a part of their course.
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