Constructions in Use / / Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Semantics is one of the core disciplines of philosophy of language. There are basically two strands of established theories: use-based and truth-conditional, with the latter being the dominant variety. This dominance has been questioned recently by linguists who embrace a research paradigm that is k...

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Place / Publishing House:Düsseldorf : : düsseldorf university press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2021
2017
Language:English
Series:Dissertations in Language and Cognition
Physical Description:1 online resource (338 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • I. Meaning
  • 2 Meaning: Primary, Pragmatic, and Others
  • 3 Usage-based Theories of Meaning
  • 4 Truth-conditional Theories of Meaning
  • II. Disposition
  • 5 Theories of Truth & Meaning
  • 6 Dispositional Analyses
  • III. Method
  • 7 Semantic-Methodological Concerns
  • 8 On Phenomena and Tokenings
  • 9 Conclusion
  • Bibliography