Linguistic meaning meets linguistic form /
Duffley, Patrick J.,
Linguistic meaning meets linguistic form / Patrick Duffley. - First edition. - vi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Oxford linguistics . - Oxford linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-211) and index.
This book steers a middle course between two opposing conceptions that currently dominate the field of semantics, the logical and cognitive approaches. Patrick Duffley brings to light the inadequacies of both of these frameworks, arguing that linguistic semantics must be based on the linguistic sign itself and on the meaning that it conveys across the full range of its uses. The book offers 12 case studies that demonstrate the explanatory power of a sign-based semantics, dealing with topics such as complementation with aspectual and causative verbs, control and raising, wh- words, full-verb inversion, and existential-there constructions. It calls for a radical revision of the semantics/pragmatics interface, proposing that the dividing line be drawn between content that is linguistically encoded and content that is not encoded but still communicated. While traditional linguistic analysis often places meaning at the level of the sentence or construction, this volume argues that meaning belongs at the lower level of linguistic items, where the linguistic sign is stored in a stable, permanent, and direct relation with its meaning outside of any particular context. Building linguistic analysis from the ground up in this way provides it with a more0solid foundation and increases its explanatory power.
9780198850724 0198850727 9780198850700 0198850700
2020934977
Semantics.
Semantics--Case studies.
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Language and logic.
Psycholinguistics.
Language and logic
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Case studies
401.23 / D857
Linguistic meaning meets linguistic form / Patrick Duffley. - First edition. - vi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Oxford linguistics . - Oxford linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-211) and index.
This book steers a middle course between two opposing conceptions that currently dominate the field of semantics, the logical and cognitive approaches. Patrick Duffley brings to light the inadequacies of both of these frameworks, arguing that linguistic semantics must be based on the linguistic sign itself and on the meaning that it conveys across the full range of its uses. The book offers 12 case studies that demonstrate the explanatory power of a sign-based semantics, dealing with topics such as complementation with aspectual and causative verbs, control and raising, wh- words, full-verb inversion, and existential-there constructions. It calls for a radical revision of the semantics/pragmatics interface, proposing that the dividing line be drawn between content that is linguistically encoded and content that is not encoded but still communicated. While traditional linguistic analysis often places meaning at the level of the sentence or construction, this volume argues that meaning belongs at the lower level of linguistic items, where the linguistic sign is stored in a stable, permanent, and direct relation with its meaning outside of any particular context. Building linguistic analysis from the ground up in this way provides it with a more0solid foundation and increases its explanatory power.
9780198850724 0198850727 9780198850700 0198850700
2020934977
Semantics.
Semantics--Case studies.
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Language and logic.
Psycholinguistics.
Language and logic
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Case studies
401.23 / D857