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Compositionality, Context and Semantic Values Essays in Honour of Ernie Lepore /

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Stainton, Robert J. (Editor), Viger, Christopher. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 85
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Linguistics > Philosophy.
Semantics.
Linguistics (general).
Philosophy of Language.
Theoretical Languages.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8310-5
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:XII, 284p. online resource.
ISBN:9781402083105
ISSN:0924-4662 ;

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