Semantics: an interdisciplinary reader in philosophy, linguistics and psychology

• Semantics : an interdisciplinary reader in philosophy, linguistics and psychology / edited by Danny D. Steinberg & Leon A. Jakobovits.

Author

• Steinberg, Danny D., (comp.)

Other Authors

• Steinberg, Danny D.
• Jakobovits, Leon A.

Published

• Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1971.

Content Types

• text

Carrier Types

• volume

Physical Description

• x, 603 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Linguistics.
• Warlpiri language (C15) (NT SF52-04)
• Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
• Semantik.
• Aufsatzsammlung.
• Sémantique (Philosophie)
• Sémantique.
• Language - Semantics.
• Taal.
• Betekenis.
• Semantics (Philosophy)
• Semantics.
• Australia.
• Semantics Philosophical aspects Readings

Summary

• Includes contributions by R.M.W. Dixon - A method of semantic description; K.L. Hale - A note on a Walbiri tradition of antonymy, both listed separetely in bibliography.

Contents

• Preface; Acknowledgements and references to reprinted articles; Part I. Philosophy: Overview Charles E. Caton; Section 1. Meaning: 1. On sentence-sense, word-sense and difference of word sense. Towards a philosophical theory of dictionaries David Wiggins; 2. How does one tell whether a word has one, several or many senses? William P. Alston; 3; A reply to Mr Alson David Wiggins; 4. Meaning H. G. Price; 5. Three levels of meaning Gilbert H. Harman; Section 2. Reference: 1. Reference and referents Leonard Linsky; 2. Identifying reference and truth-values P. F. Strawson; 3. Reference and definite descriptions Keith Donnellan; 4. Singular terms Zeno Vaendler; 5. The problem of proper names John R. Searle; 6. The inscrutability of reference W. V. Quine; Part II. Linguistics: Overview Howard Maclay; Section 1. The Role of Semantics in a Grammar: 1. Deep structure, surface structure, and semantic interpretations Noam Chomsky; 2. Where do noun phrases come from? James D. McCawley; 3. On generative semantics George Lakoff; Section 2. Meaning, Presupposition and Reference: 1. Semantic theory Jerrold J. Katz; 2. Explorations in semantic theory Uriel Weinreich; 3. Presupposition and relative well-formedness George Lakoff; 4. Presupposition and assertion in the semantic analysis of nouns and verbs in English D. Terence Langendoen; 5. Fact Paul Kiparsky and Carol Kiparsky; Section 3. The Lexicon: 1. Types of lexical information Charles J. Fillmore; 2. The data of semantic description Edward H. Bendix; 3. On classifying semantic features Manfred Bierwisch; 4. A method of semantic description R. M. W. Dixon; 5. A note on a Walbiri tradition of antonymy Kenneth Hale; Part III. Psychology: Overview Danny Steinberg; Section 1. Theoretical Issues: 1. Where do sentences come from? Charles E. Osgood; 2. Are there specifically linguistic universals? David McNeill; 3. Language and cognition Eric H. Lenneberg; 4. Could meaning be an rm? Jerry A. Fodor; Section 2. Empirical Studies: 1. Empirical methods in the study of semantics George A. Miller; 2. Some lexical structures and their empirical validity Thomas G. Bever and Peter S. Rosenbaum; Index.

Notes

• Includes bibliographies.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 1971

Language

• English

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