From Whorf to Montague :: explorations in the theory of language /
This book explores the relations between language, the world and the mind. Pieter Seuren argues that language requires a theory with abstract principles and that grammars are neither autonomous nor independent of meaning but mediate between propositionally structured thoughts and systems, such as sp...
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book explores the relations between language, the world and the mind. Pieter Seuren argues that language requires a theory with abstract principles and that grammars are neither autonomous nor independent of meaning but mediate between propositionally structured thoughts and systems, such as speech for the production of utterances. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191504730 0191504734 9780191764929 0191764922 |
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| 505 | 0 | |a ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and symbols""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The settling of a language""; ""1.1 A language as part of social reality""; ""1.2 Languages �go their own way�""; ""1.2.1 The arbitrary extension of semantic categories""; ""1.2.2 Semantic bleaching""; ""1.2.3 Auxiliation""; ""1.2.4 Perfective auxiliaries: have or be""; ""1.2.5 Subtle near-synonyms: use conditions versus truth conditions""; ""1.3 Creolization: the case of Sranan""; ""1.4 The heteromorphy problem""; ""2 The Whorf hypothesis""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Some history"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""2.2.1 The Whorf hypothesis in North America""""2.2.2 European �Whorfianism�: Leo Weisgerber""; ""2.3 Whorf""; ""2.3.1 The hypothesis analysed""; ""2.3.2 The perennial problem: the direction of causality""; ""2.3.3 Confusing the HOW and the WHAT""; ""2.3.4 The alleged primacy of language over cognition""; ""2.3.5 Grammar as a formally definable system""; ""2.3.6 Whorf �s attitude towards mathematics and the sciences""; ""2.3.7 Levels of thinking""; ""2.3.8 Whorf �s arguments: Hopi time and tense, Shawnee sentence types""; ""2.3.9 Language expresses thought: arguments against Whorf"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""2.4 Experimental testing""""2.4.1 Inconclusive experiments""; ""2.4.2 Getting closer""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""3 Relativism or a universal theory?""; ""3.1 Some necessary preliminaries""; ""3.1.1 A terminological observation""; ""3.1.2 Some observations regarding scientific methodology""; ""3.2 Some history""; ""3.3 Attitudes""; ""3.4 Further notional clarity""; ""3.5 What are �universals of language�?""; ""3.6 What to do with counterevidence?""; ""3.7 Modularity, innateness, and the �no negative evidence� problem""; ""3.7.1 Modularity and innateness"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""3.7.2 The �no negative evidence� problem""""3.8 Towards a general theory of human language""; ""3.8.1 A few proposals for universal properties of languages and grammars""; ""3.8.2 How about constituent structure?""; ""3.9 Conclusion""; ""4 What does language have to do with logic and mathematics?""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Language and logic""; ""4.2.1 What is (a) logic?""; ""4.2.2 The tradition""; ""4.2.3 Syntax: the notion of a grammatical algorithm""; ""4.2.4 Semantic syntax: propositions in logic, sentences in language"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4.2.5 Semantics: model-theoretic semantic interpretation4.3 Natural logic and natural set theory -- 4.4 The importance of scope relations -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. A test bed for grammatical theories -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Some class A facts -- 5.2.1 The epithet pronoun test -- 5.2.2 Topic-comment structure -- 5.2.3 Scope and negation -- 5.3 Some class B facts -- 5.3.1 German and Dutch verb clustering -- 5.3.2 The inflected infinitive in Portuguese -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6. The Chomsky hierarchy in perspective -- 6.1 Introduction | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a This book explores the relations between language, the world and the mind. Pieter Seuren argues that language requires a theory with abstract principles and that grammars are neither autonomous nor independent of meaning but mediate between propositionally structured thoughts and systems, such as speech for the production of utterances. | |
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| contents | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and symbols""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The settling of a language""; ""1.1 A language as part of social reality""; ""1.2 Languages �go their own way�""; ""1.2.1 The arbitrary extension of semantic categories""; ""1.2.2 Semantic bleaching""; ""1.2.3 Auxiliation""; ""1.2.4 Perfective auxiliaries: have or be""; ""1.2.5 Subtle near-synonyms: use conditions versus truth conditions""; ""1.3 Creolization: the case of Sranan""; ""1.4 The heteromorphy problem""; ""2 The Whorf hypothesis""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Some history"" ""2.2.1 The Whorf hypothesis in North America""""2.2.2 European �Whorfianism�: Leo Weisgerber""; ""2.3 Whorf""; ""2.3.1 The hypothesis analysed""; ""2.3.2 The perennial problem: the direction of causality""; ""2.3.3 Confusing the HOW and the WHAT""; ""2.3.4 The alleged primacy of language over cognition""; ""2.3.5 Grammar as a formally definable system""; ""2.3.6 Whorf �s attitude towards mathematics and the sciences""; ""2.3.7 Levels of thinking""; ""2.3.8 Whorf �s arguments: Hopi time and tense, Shawnee sentence types""; ""2.3.9 Language expresses thought: arguments against Whorf"" ""2.4 Experimental testing""""2.4.1 Inconclusive experiments""; ""2.4.2 Getting closer""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""3 Relativism or a universal theory?""; ""3.1 Some necessary preliminaries""; ""3.1.1 A terminological observation""; ""3.1.2 Some observations regarding scientific methodology""; ""3.2 Some history""; ""3.3 Attitudes""; ""3.4 Further notional clarity""; ""3.5 What are �universals of language�?""; ""3.6 What to do with counterevidence?""; ""3.7 Modularity, innateness, and the �no negative evidence� problem""; ""3.7.1 Modularity and innateness"" ""3.7.2 The �no negative evidence� problem""""3.8 Towards a general theory of human language""; ""3.8.1 A few proposals for universal properties of languages and grammars""; ""3.8.2 How about constituent structure?""; ""3.9 Conclusion""; ""4 What does language have to do with logic and mathematics?""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Language and logic""; ""4.2.1 What is (a) logic?""; ""4.2.2 The tradition""; ""4.2.3 Syntax: the notion of a grammatical algorithm""; ""4.2.4 Semantic syntax: propositions in logic, sentences in language"" 4.2.5 Semantics: model-theoretic semantic interpretation4.3 Natural logic and natural set theory -- 4.4 The importance of scope relations -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. A test bed for grammatical theories -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Some class A facts -- 5.2.1 The epithet pronoun test -- 5.2.2 Topic-comment structure -- 5.2.3 Scope and negation -- 5.3 Some class B facts -- 5.3.1 German and Dutch verb clustering -- 5.3.2 The inflected infinitive in Portuguese -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6. The Chomsky hierarchy in perspective -- 6.1 Introduction |
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| spelling | Seuren, Pieter A. M. From Whorf to Montague : explorations in the theory of language / Pieter A.M. Seuren. First edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (384 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier [Oxford linguistics] Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 6, 2013). ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and symbols""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The settling of a language""; ""1.1 A language as part of social reality""; ""1.2 Languages â€?go their own wayâ€?""; ""1.2.1 The arbitrary extension of semantic categories""; ""1.2.2 Semantic bleaching""; ""1.2.3 Auxiliation""; ""1.2.4 Perfective auxiliaries: have or be""; ""1.2.5 Subtle near-synonyms: use conditions versus truth conditions""; ""1.3 Creolization: the case of Sranan""; ""1.4 The heteromorphy problem""; ""2 The Whorf hypothesis""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Some history"" ""2.2.1 The Whorf hypothesis in North America""""2.2.2 European â€?Whorfianismâ€?: Leo Weisgerber""; ""2.3 Whorf""; ""2.3.1 The hypothesis analysed""; ""2.3.2 The perennial problem: the direction of causality""; ""2.3.3 Confusing the HOW and the WHAT""; ""2.3.4 The alleged primacy of language over cognition""; ""2.3.5 Grammar as a formally definable system""; ""2.3.6 Whorf â€?s attitude towards mathematics and the sciences""; ""2.3.7 Levels of thinking""; ""2.3.8 Whorf â€?s arguments: Hopi time and tense, Shawnee sentence types""; ""2.3.9 Language expresses thought: arguments against Whorf"" ""2.4 Experimental testing""""2.4.1 Inconclusive experiments""; ""2.4.2 Getting closer""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""3 Relativism or a universal theory?""; ""3.1 Some necessary preliminaries""; ""3.1.1 A terminological observation""; ""3.1.2 Some observations regarding scientific methodology""; ""3.2 Some history""; ""3.3 Attitudes""; ""3.4 Further notional clarity""; ""3.5 What are â€?universals of languageâ€??""; ""3.6 What to do with counterevidence?""; ""3.7 Modularity, innateness, and the â€?no negative evidenceâ€? problem""; ""3.7.1 Modularity and innateness"" ""3.7.2 The â€?no negative evidenceâ€? problem""""3.8 Towards a general theory of human language""; ""3.8.1 A few proposals for universal properties of languages and grammars""; ""3.8.2 How about constituent structure?""; ""3.9 Conclusion""; ""4 What does language have to do with logic and mathematics?""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Language and logic""; ""4.2.1 What is (a) logic?""; ""4.2.2 The tradition""; ""4.2.3 Syntax: the notion of a grammatical algorithm""; ""4.2.4 Semantic syntax: propositions in logic, sentences in language"" 4.2.5 Semantics: model-theoretic semantic interpretation4.3 Natural logic and natural set theory -- 4.4 The importance of scope relations -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. A test bed for grammatical theories -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Some class A facts -- 5.2.1 The epithet pronoun test -- 5.2.2 Topic-comment structure -- 5.2.3 Scope and negation -- 5.3 Some class B facts -- 5.3.1 German and Dutch verb clustering -- 5.3.2 The inflected infinitive in Portuguese -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6. The Chomsky hierarchy in perspective -- 6.1 Introduction Includes bibliographical references and index. This book explores the relations between language, the world and the mind. Pieter Seuren argues that language requires a theory with abstract principles and that grammars are neither autonomous nor independent of meaning but mediate between propositionally structured thoughts and systems, such as speech for the production of utterances. Language and languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074518 Sociolinguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124195 Language https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007802 Langage et langues. Sociolinguistique. sociolinguistics. aat LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES General. bisacsh Language and languages fast Sociolinguistics fast Llenguatge i llengües. thub Sociolingüística. thub Llibres electronics. thub Print version: Seuren, Pieter A.M. From Whorf to Montague. First edition. 9780199682195 0199682194 Oxford linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99086544 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=640538 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Seuren, Pieter A. M. From Whorf to Montague : explorations in the theory of language / Oxford linguistics. ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and symbols""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The settling of a language""; ""1.1 A language as part of social reality""; ""1.2 Languages â€?go their own wayâ€?""; ""1.2.1 The arbitrary extension of semantic categories""; ""1.2.2 Semantic bleaching""; ""1.2.3 Auxiliation""; ""1.2.4 Perfective auxiliaries: have or be""; ""1.2.5 Subtle near-synonyms: use conditions versus truth conditions""; ""1.3 Creolization: the case of Sranan""; ""1.4 The heteromorphy problem""; ""2 The Whorf hypothesis""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Some history"" ""2.2.1 The Whorf hypothesis in North America""""2.2.2 European â€?Whorfianismâ€?: Leo Weisgerber""; ""2.3 Whorf""; ""2.3.1 The hypothesis analysed""; ""2.3.2 The perennial problem: the direction of causality""; ""2.3.3 Confusing the HOW and the WHAT""; ""2.3.4 The alleged primacy of language over cognition""; ""2.3.5 Grammar as a formally definable system""; ""2.3.6 Whorf â€?s attitude towards mathematics and the sciences""; ""2.3.7 Levels of thinking""; ""2.3.8 Whorf â€?s arguments: Hopi time and tense, Shawnee sentence types""; ""2.3.9 Language expresses thought: arguments against Whorf"" ""2.4 Experimental testing""""2.4.1 Inconclusive experiments""; ""2.4.2 Getting closer""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""3 Relativism or a universal theory?""; ""3.1 Some necessary preliminaries""; ""3.1.1 A terminological observation""; ""3.1.2 Some observations regarding scientific methodology""; ""3.2 Some history""; ""3.3 Attitudes""; ""3.4 Further notional clarity""; ""3.5 What are â€?universals of languageâ€??""; ""3.6 What to do with counterevidence?""; ""3.7 Modularity, innateness, and the â€?no negative evidenceâ€? problem""; ""3.7.1 Modularity and innateness"" ""3.7.2 The â€?no negative evidenceâ€? problem""""3.8 Towards a general theory of human language""; ""3.8.1 A few proposals for universal properties of languages and grammars""; ""3.8.2 How about constituent structure?""; ""3.9 Conclusion""; ""4 What does language have to do with logic and mathematics?""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Language and logic""; ""4.2.1 What is (a) logic?""; ""4.2.2 The tradition""; ""4.2.3 Syntax: the notion of a grammatical algorithm""; ""4.2.4 Semantic syntax: propositions in logic, sentences in language"" 4.2.5 Semantics: model-theoretic semantic interpretation4.3 Natural logic and natural set theory -- 4.4 The importance of scope relations -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. A test bed for grammatical theories -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Some class A facts -- 5.2.1 The epithet pronoun test -- 5.2.2 Topic-comment structure -- 5.2.3 Scope and negation -- 5.3 Some class B facts -- 5.3.1 German and Dutch verb clustering -- 5.3.2 The inflected infinitive in Portuguese -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6. The Chomsky hierarchy in perspective -- 6.1 Introduction Language and languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074518 Sociolinguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124195 Language https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007802 Langage et langues. Sociolinguistique. sociolinguistics. aat LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES General. bisacsh Language and languages fast Sociolinguistics fast Llenguatge i llengües. thub Sociolingüística. thub |
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