Neoclassical Concepts. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leben, Derek
• Is Part Of: Mind & language. Volume 30:Number 1(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 69
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Psycholinguistics -- Periodicals; Thought and thinking -- Periodicals; Language and languages -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 153.42
• DOI: 10.1111/mila.12071
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-1064

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="mila12071-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p id="mila12071-para-0001">Linguistic theories of lexical semantics support a Neoclassical Theory of concepts, where entities like CAUSE, STATE, and MANNER serve as necessary conditions for the possession of individual event concepts. Not all concepts have a neoclassical structure, and whether or not words participate in regular linguistic patterns such as verbal alternations will be proposed as a probe for identifying whether their corresponding concepts do indeed have such structure. I show how the Neoclassical Theory supplements existing theories of concepts and supports a version of analyticity and conceptual analysis.</p> </abstract>