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Inquisitive Semantics (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,129
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Inquisitive Semantics (Hardcover): Ivano Ciardelli, Jeroen Groenendijk, Floris Roelofsen

Inquisitive Semantics (Hardcover)

Ivano Ciardelli, Jeroen Groenendijk, Floris Roelofsen

Series: Oxford Surveys in Semantics and Pragmatics, 6

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book presents a new logical framework to capture the meaning of sentences in conversation. The traditional approach equates meaning with truth-conditions: to know the meaning of a sentence is to know under which circumstances it is true. The reason for this is that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize valid argumentation. However, argumentation is neither the sole, nor the primary function of language. One task that language more widely and ordinarily fulfils is to enable the exchange of information between conversational participants. In the framework outlined in this volume, inquisitive semantics, information exchange is seen as a process of raising and resolving issues. Inquisitive semantics provides a new formal notion of meaning, which makes it possible to model various concepts that are crucial for the analysis of linguistic information exchange in a more refined and more principled way than has been possible in previous frameworks. Importantly, it also allows an integrated treatment of statements and questions. The first part of the book presents the framework in detail, while the second demonstrates its benefits in the semantic analysis of questions, coordination, modals, conditionals, and intonation. The book will be of interest to researchers and students from advanced undergraduate level upwards in the fields of semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, and logic.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford Surveys in Semantics and Pragmatics, 6
Release date: November 2018
Authors: Ivano Ciardelli (Assistant Professor) • Jeroen Groenendijk (Professor Emeritus) • Floris Roelofsen (Associate Professor)
Dimensions: 249 x 180 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-881478-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Pragmatics
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
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LSN: 0-19-881478-X
Barcode: 9780198814788

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