Semantics, pragmatics and meaning revisited : the case of conditionals /: the case of conditionals. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Magdalena Sztencel.
• Authors: Sztencel, Magdalena
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Preface; References; Abbreviations; Symbols; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Part I: Semantics, Pragmatics and Meaning; Chapter 2: Conceptual Correlates of Words; 2.1 Why Conceptual Correlates of Words Cannot Be Atomic; 2.2 Chomskyâ#x80;#x99;s Internalism; 2.2.1 Chomskyâ#x80;#x99;s Faculty of Language; 2.2.2 Two Kinds of Semantic Content?; 2.2.3 Chomsky on Reference; 2.2.4 Chomskyâ#x80;#x99;s Legacy in Research into Semantics and Pragmatics; 2.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Locus of Semantics and the Decoding-Inferring Distinction 3.1 Linguistic Semantics in Relevance Theory3.1.1 Relevance Theoryâ#x80;#x99;s Linguistic-Real Distinction; 3.1.2 The Problem of Linguistic â#x80;#x98;Evidenceâ#x80;#x99;; 3.1.2.1 Full-Fledged Lexical Concepts; 3.1.2.2 Concept Schemas; 3.1.3 Redundancy of Decoding; 3.1.3.1 Atomic Content or Compositional Content?; 3.1.3.2 The Redundancy Problem; 3.1.4 Interim Summary; 3.2 Utterance Interpretation Without Linguistic Semantics; 3.2.1 Saussurean/Chomskyan Linguistics; 3.2.1.1 Linguistic Semantics and the Notion of a Pointer; 3.2.1.2 Problems with the Double-Interface View of Language 3.2.2 Conventional Representation: Meaning as a Relation to Semantics3.2.2.1 The Representational Hypothesis; 3.2.2.2 Meaning-as-Relation; 3.2.2.3 Semantics in the Representational Hypothesis; 3.2.3 Hintzmanâ#x80;#x99;s Multiple-Trace Theory of Memory; 3.2.3.1 Memory Traces and Echo Retrieval; 3.2.3.2 A Note on Labels; 3.2.3.3 Some Advantages of a Wholly Inferential Account; 3.2.3.4 Non-conceptual Encoding; 3.2.3.5 The Role of Acquisition Context and Communicative Context in Utterance Interpretation; 3.2.3.6 Taking Stock; 3.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Revisiting Holism 4.1 What Is Holism?4.2 Kinds of Mental Content; 4.2.1 Revisiting Shareability: Wide Content and Narrow Content; 4.2.2 Philosophical Legacy in Relevance Theoryâ#x80;#x99;s Notions of Content; 4.3 All Roads Lead to Holism; 4.3.1 Two-Factor Semantics; 4.3.2 Fodorâ#x80;#x99;s Referentialism and Fregeâ#x80;#x99;s Cases; 4.3.3 Problems with Social-Externalist Content; 4.4 â#x80;#x98;Problemsâ#x80;#x99; with Holism Dismissed; 4.4.1 Holism Meets the Requirement for Mental Generalisations and Compositionality; 4.4.2 Bilgramiâ#x80;#x99;s Unity and Locality of Content; 4.4.2.1 Unity and Locality of Content 4.4.2.2 Bilgramiâ#x80;#x99;s Externalism and Public Availability of Private Thought4.4.2.3 Holism and Concepts; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Conditionals; Chapter 5: The Meaning of if; 5.1 Why Focus on Conditionals?; 5.2 Material Implication as the Encoded Semantics of if; 5.2.1 Facts About Material Implication; 5.2.2 Truth-Functional Semantics of â#x80;#x98;ifâ#x80;#x99;; 5.2.2.1 Griceâ#x80;#x99;s Semantics and Pragmatics; 5.2.2.2 Simple Cases; 5.2.2.3 Indirectness Condition; 5.2.2.4 Conditional Perfection; 5.2.2.5 Relevance Theory on Metarepresentational Uses of Conditionals
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 401/.43; Semantics; Pragmatics; Discourse analysis; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General; Discourse analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319691169; 3319691163; 3319691155; 9783319691152
• Related ISBNs: 9783319691152; 3319691155
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 12, 2018).
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