The logic of language [[electronic resource] /] / Pieter A.M. Seuren

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465624403321
• Autore: Seuren Pieter A. M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 9786612383410; 0-19-157179-2; 1-282-38341-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (445 p.)
• Collana: Language from within ; ; v.2
• Disciplina: 401
• Soggetti: Language and logic; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and symbols; 1 Logic and entailment; 1.1 What is a logic and why do we need one in the study of language?; 1.2 The definition of entailment; 1.2.1 The general concept of entailment; 1.2.2 The specific concept of logical entailment; 1.3 The referential independence of logic: no truth-value gaps; 1.4 Logical form and L-propositions; 1.5 The Bivalence Principle, sentence types, and utterance tokens; 1.6 Some problems with the assignment of truth values; 2 Logic: a new beginning; 2.1 Entailment, contrariety and contradiction: the natural triangle; 2.2 Internal negation and duality: the natural square and the Boethian square2.3 Logical operators as predicates; 2.3.1 Meaning postulates; 2.3.2 Boolean algebra and the operators of propositional calculus; 2.3.3 Valuation space modelling: a formal definition; 2.3.4 Satisfaction conditions of the propositional operators; 2.3.5 Satisfaction conditions of the quantifiers; 2.4 Internal negation, the Conversions and De Morgan's laws; 2.4.1 The internal negation again; 2.4.2 The Conversions and De Morgan's laws; 3 Natural set theory and natural logic; 3.1 Introductory observations; 3.2 Some set-theoretic principles of natural cognition3.2.1 A résumé of ; standard set theory; 3.2.2 The restrictions imposed by NST; 3.3 Consequences for set-theoretic and (meta)logical relations and functions; 3.3.1 Consequences for set-theoretic relations and functions; 3.3.2 Consequences for (meta)logical relations and functions; 3.4 The basic-natural systems of logic; 3.4.1 Basic-natural predicate logic: the necessity of a cognitive base; 3.4.2 Hamilton's predicate logic; 3.4.3 Basic-natural propositional logic; 3.5 Neither *nand nor *nall: NST predicts their absence; 3.5.1 The problem and the solution proposed by pragmaticists3.5.2 Preliminary objections; 3.5.3 The main objection and a stronger solution; 3.5.4 Parallel lexical gaps in epistemic-modal and causal logic?; 4 Logical power, Abelard, and empirical success rates; 4.1 Aristotelian predicate calculus rescued from undue existential import; 4.2 The notion of logical power; 4.2.1 The logical power of propositional calculus; 4.2.2 The logical power of Aristotelian-Boethian predicate calculus; 4.2.3 The logical power of standard modern predicate calculus; 4.2.4 The logical power of Aristotelian-Abelardian predicate calculus4.3 Distributive quantifiers; 4.4 Predicate logics and intuitions: a scale of empirical success; 5 Aristotle, the commentators, and Abelard; 5.1 A recapitulation of ABPC; 5.2 The not quite Aristotelian roots of ABPC; 5.2.1 Aristotle's own predicate logic; 5.2.2 The ancient commentators; 5.2.3 The Square representation; 5.2.4 An aside on Horn's and Parsons' proposal as regards the O-corner; 5.2.5 Logic and mysticism: what made logic popular?; 5.3 Abelard's remedy; 6 The functionality of the Square and of BNPC; 6.1 How to isolate the cases with a null F-class: the purpose of space 4
• Sommario/riassunto: The Logic of Language opens a new perspective on logic. Pieter Seuren argues that the logic of language derives from the lexical meanings of the logical operators. These meanings, however, prove not to be consistent. Seuren solves this problem through an indepth analysis of the functional adequacy of natural predicate logic and standard modern logic for natural linguistic interaction. He then develops a general theory of discourse-bound interpretation, covering discourseincrementation, anaphora, presupposition and topic-comment structure, all of which, the author claims, form the 'cement' of d

Memory and the Language of Contention / / edited by Sophie van den Elzen, Ann Rigney

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910996693603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2025; ©2025
• ISBN: 9789004692978; 9004692975
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 pages)
• Collana: Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025; Mobilizing Memories ; ; 1
• Disciplina: 800
• Soggetti: Literature and Cultural Studies; Language and languages - Political aspects; Sociolinguistics; Activism; Memory - Political aspects; Memory - Social aspects; Collective memory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Informations -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Memory and the Language of Contention -- 1 Stakes -- 2 The Memory-Activism Nexus -- 3 Troubling Language and the Linguistic Turn -- 4 Language as a Medium of Memory -- 5 The Language of Contention -- 6 Prospectus -- References -- 1 Activist Memoirs and the Lexicon of Contention -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Changing Contours of Israeli Peace Activism -- 3 The Protest Lexicon in Anti-Occupation Activist Memoirs -- 4 Self-Positioning in Israeli Anti-Occupation Activist Memoirs -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 The Blessing of Tainted Memories -- 1 My Story -- 2 Witnessing through the Prism of Language Ideology -- 3 Speaking of Sexual Violence: Discourse-Based Activism -- 4 Sima's ; Testimony -- 5 Manny's Testimony -- 6 Discussion: Dissenting Memories, Dissenting Voices -- References -- 3 Scabs, Pickets and Camaraderie: Words and Memories of East Midlands Coal Miners -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Memory -- 3 Language and Memory in Oral History -- 4 The Mining Strike and Its Aftermath -- 5 The Pit Talk Projects: Methodology -- 6 Themes -- 7 The Use of the Word 'Camaraderie' -- 8 Talking about the Strike -- 9 Life after the Strike -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Performing Protest, Performing Memory: Speech Act Theory and January 6 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 American Electoral Context -- 3 Speech Act Theory and Performative Utterances -- 4 Performative Utterances and the Memory-Activism Nexus -- 5 Locutionary Acts -- 6 Illocutionary Acts -- 7 Perlocutionary Effects -- 8 Closing Thoughts -- References -- 5 Reading 'Compañero/a/x' as a Contentious Keyword in Chile: A Bakhtinian Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Words, Ideology and Speech Genres.; 3 Historical Context: Allende, the Dictatorship, and the Post-Dictatorship -- 4 Allende, el Compañero Presidente -- 5 What Compañero? -- 6 Learning to Say Compañero in Exile -- 7 Reaccentuations: Compañeras and Compañerxs -- 8 Conclusion: Memory and the Future of a Contentious Keyword -- References -- 6 Reclaiming el pueblo -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Thousand Days of Salvador Allende - el pueblo and its Representation -- 3 Operation Clean-Up: the Erasure of el pueblo and the Creation of chilenidad during the Civil-Military Dictatorship -- 4 The 2019 Revolt - 'We Call Ourselves the People Again' -- 5 Delight Lab - New Representations of Past Discourses -- 6 Mercvria - Intersectionality on the Walls -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Legislating the Historical Resonance of Boycott in Germany -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Global Anti-Nazi Boycott of the 1930s and the Haavara Agreement -- 3 Staatsräson, Memory, and Miracles: Taking Exception to Historical Comparison -- 4 Resisting the Exception -- References -- 8 The Cultural Lives of May 68 Slogans: From Walls to Pages -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Dawning of Revolutionary Slogans: a New Kind of Literature? -- 2 The Textualisation and Iconisation of Slogans: Editorial Gestures and Photo-Texts -- 3 The Posters of the Ex-Atelier Populaire des Beaux-Arts -- 4 Photo-Texts: Graffiti and Inscriptions -- 5 Texts and Books -- 6 Cultural and Political Memory: the Afterlives of May 68 Slogans -- References -- 9 Contestatory Memory Work: Reading Political Slogans in the South African Communist Left -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Slogans as Narrative Emplotment -- 3 The Language of Prophecy: Mayibuye iAfrika! -- 4 The Language of Denunciation: Down with the Slave Laws! -- 5 The Language of Command: Hands off Abyssinia! -- 6 Concluding Comments -- References.; 10 No Gods No Masters: Anarchist mots de mémoire from Titles to T-Shirts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Protest Slogans as Sites of Memory -- 3 Commemoration: 'No Gods No Masters' as Title, Epigraph or Motto -- 4 Commodification of 'No Gods No Masters': from Tombstones to T-Shirts -- 5 Conclusion: from lieux de mémoire to mots de mémoire -- References -- 11 Grammar and its Political Affordances -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Middle Voice: From Grammar to Theory and Philosophy -- 3 On Suffering (vasanizome) -- 4 On Burning (Athens Burns) -- 5 On Imaginative Boredom (varieme effantasta) -- 6 The Wall Writings' Afterlives beyond the 'Crisis Decade' -- References -- Epilogue: Words between Memory and Hope -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: How does language shape the memory of activism? And how do memories, of hope or of repression, inflect the language used by social movements in the present day? This edited volume, featuring ; international scholars across literary and cultural studies, anthropology, legal studies, and linguistics, shows how memories of activism live in the medium of language. It contends that working with, and working on, the historical resonance of words and linguistic commonplaces is a central feature of political contention.