Inquisitive Semantics

There is an age-old tradition in linguistics and philosophy to identify the meaning of a entence with its truth-conditions. This can be explained by the fact that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize v...

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Päätekijät: Ciardelli, Ivano, Groenendijk, Jeroen, Roelofsen, Floris
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author Ciardelli, Ivano
Groenendijk, Jeroen
Roelofsen, Floris
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description There is an age-old tradition in linguistics and philosophy to identify the meaning of a entence with its truth-conditions. This can be explained by the fact that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize valid reasoning. Indeed, in order to determine whether an argument is valid, it suffices to know the truth-conditions of the premises and conclusion. 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. Inquisitive semantics is a new logical framework for the analysis of this fundamental usage of language. Information exchange can be seen as a process of raising and resolving issues. Inquisitive semantics provides a new formal notion of issues, 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. This book provides a detailed exposition of inquisitive semantics, and demonstrates its benefits with a range of applications in the semantic analysis of questions, coordination, modals, conditionals, and intonation.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-339532025-01-23T23:09:49Z Inquisitive Semantics Ciardelli, Ivano Groenendijk, Jeroen Roelofsen, Floris inquisitive semantics  questions  coordination  modals  conditionals  intonational meaning thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFA Philosophy of language thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFG Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTL Philosophy: logic There is an age-old tradition in linguistics and philosophy to identify the meaning of a entence with its truth-conditions. This can be explained by the fact that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize valid reasoning. Indeed, in order to determine whether an argument is valid, it suffices to know the truth-conditions of the premises and conclusion. 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. Inquisitive semantics is a new logical framework for the analysis of this fundamental usage of language. Information exchange can be seen as a process of raising and resolving issues. Inquisitive semantics provides a new formal notion of issues, 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. This book provides a detailed exposition of inquisitive semantics, and demonstrates its benefits with a range of applications in the semantic analysis of questions, coordination, modals, conditionals, and intonation. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-05-13 14:35:31 2020-04-01T10:27:30Z 2018 book 1004966 OCN: 1079905340 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25127 9780198814788 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33953 eng Oxford Surveys in Semantics and Pragmatics open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25127/1/Inquisitive_Semantics_9780192546388_WEB.PDF Oxford University Press 10.1093/oso/9780198814788.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780198814788.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 9780198814788 Dutch Research Council (NWO) European Research Council (ERC) 240 Oxford, UK open access
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Groenendijk, Jeroen
Roelofsen, Floris
Inquisitive Semantics
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