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This book seeks to bring together the pragmatic theory of 'meaning as use' with the traditional semantic approach that considers meaning in terms of truth conditions. Daniel Gutzmann adopts core ideas by the philosopher David Kaplan in assuming that the meaning of expressions such as oops...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ;
6 |
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| Summary: |
This book seeks to bring together the pragmatic theory of 'meaning as use' with the traditional semantic approach that considers meaning in terms of truth conditions. Daniel Gutzmann adopts core ideas by the philosopher David Kaplan in assuming that the meaning of expressions such as oops or damn can be captured by giving the conditions under which they can be felicitously used. He develops a multidimensional approach to meaning, called hybrid semantics, that incorporates use conditions alongside truth conditions in a unified framework. This new system overcomes the empirical gaps and concep |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-297) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780198723837 0198723830 9780198723820 0198723822 |
| Index Number: | P325 |
| CLC: | H03 |
| Call Number: | H03/G985 |