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The logic of language [[electronic resource] /] / Pieter A.M. Seuren
| The logic of language [[electronic resource] /] / Pieter A.M. Seuren |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401 |
| Collana | Language from within |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and logic
Psycholinguistics Semantics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786612383410
0-19-157179-2 1-282-38341-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
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The logic of language [[electronic resource] /] / Pieter A.M. Seuren
| The logic of language [[electronic resource] /] / Pieter A.M. Seuren |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 428 p. : ill |
| Collana | Language from within |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and logic
Psycholinguistics Semantics |
| ISBN |
9780191571794
0191571792 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795751503321 |
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Seuren Pieter A. M
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The logic of language / / Pieter A.M. Seuren
| The logic of language / / Pieter A.M. Seuren |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 428 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401.43 |
| Collana | Language from within |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and logic
Psycholinguistics Semantics |
| ISBN |
9780191571794
0191571792 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- 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 square -- 2.3 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 cognition -- 3.2.1 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 pragmaticists -- 3.5.2 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 calculus -- 4.3 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 -- 6.2 Extreme values are uninformative in standard modern predicate calculus -- 6.3 The functionality of excluding extreme values -- 6.4 The functionality of BNPC -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7 The context-sensitivity of speech and language -- 7.1 What is context-sensitivity? -- 7.2 Discourse domains -- 7.2.1 The commitment domain and further subdomains -- 7.2.2 The Principle of Maximal Unity -- 7.3 Conditions for text coherence -- 7.3.1 Consistency -- 7.3.2 Informativity -- 7.3.3 Subdomain hierarchies: subsidiary subdomains -- 7.4 Open parameters in lexical meaning -- 8 Discourse incrementation. 8.1 The incrementation procedure -- 8.1.1 Singular entity addresses and address closure -- 8.1.2 Plurality and quantification -- 8.1.3 Subordinate subdomains -- 8.2 Instructions -- 8.2.1 Conjunction -- 8.2.2 Negation -- 8.2.3 Disjunction -- 8.2.4 Conditionals -- 9 Primary and donkey anaphora -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Reference by anaphora -- 9.3 Primary anaphora: bound variable or external anaphor? -- 9.4 Donkey sentences -- 9.4.1 The problem -- 9.4.2 The history of the problem -- 9.5 The reference-fixing algorithm -- 9.6 The solution -- 9.6.1 Donkey anaphora under disjunction -- 9.6.2 Donkey anaphora in conditionals -- 9.6.3 Donkey anaphora under universal quantification -- 10 Presupposition and presuppositional logic -- 10.1 Presupposition as an anchoring device -- 10.1.1 Some early history -- 10.1.2 The Russell tradition -- 10.1.3 The Frege-Strawson tradition -- 10.2 The origin and classification of presuppositions -- 10.3 Operational criteria for the detection of presuppositions -- 10.4 Some data that were overlooked -- 10.5 Presupposition projection -- 10.5.1 What is presupposition projection? -- 10.5.2 Projection from lexical subdomains -- 10.5.3 Projection from instructional subdomains -- 10.5.4 Summary of the projection mechanism -- 10.6 The presuppositional logic of the propositional operators -- 10.7 The presuppositional logic of quantification -- 10.7.1 The presuppositional version of the Square and of SMPC -- 10.7.2 The presuppositional version of BNPC -- 10.7.3 The victorious Square -- 10.8 The attempt at equating anaphora with presupposition -- 11 Topic-comment modulation -- 11.1 What is topic-comment modulation? -- 11.1.1 The Aristotelian origin of topic-comment modulation -- 11.1.2 The discovery of the problem in the nineteenth century -- 11.1.3 The dynamics of discourse: the question-answer game. 11.2 Phonological, grammatical, and semantic evidence for TCM -- 11.3 The comment-predicate Be[sub(v)] -- 11.4 Only, even, and Neg-Raising -- 11.5 Why TCM is a semantic phenomenon: the SSV test -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
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Saussure and Sechehaye: Myth and Genius : A Study in the History of Linguistics and the Foundations of Language
| Saussure and Sechehaye: Myth and Genius : A Study in the History of Linguistics and the Foundations of Language |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) |
| Disciplina | 410.92/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics - History
Psychology Language and languages |
| ISBN |
9789004378155
9004378154 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Contents / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Preface / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Introduction / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Who was Ferdinand de Saussure? / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- The Cours: A Critical Look / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Charles-Albert Sechehaye / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Sechehaye and the Great Subject-Predicate Debate / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Structuralism, Rationalism and Romanticism in Psychology and Linguistics / Pieter A.M. Seuren -- Conclusions / Pieter A.M. Seuren. |
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Semantic syntax / / by Pieter A.M. Seuren
| Semantic syntax / / by Pieter A.M. Seuren |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Edizione | [2nd revised ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 415.01/822 |
| Collana | Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory |
| Soggetto topico |
Semantics
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax Generative grammar |
| ISBN |
9789004354296
9004354298 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- For my son Raj / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- Editor’s Foreword / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- Preface to the First Edition / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- Preface to the Second Edition / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- Introduction / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- Some Formal Properties of Grammars, Trees and Rules / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- The English Auxiliary and Complementation System / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- The French Auxiliary and Complementation System / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- The Dutch Auxiliary and Complementation System / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- The German Auxiliary and Complementation System / Pieter A. M. Seuren -- Any Other Business / Pieter A. M. Seuren. |
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Verb Constructions in German and Dutch
| Verb Constructions in German and Dutch |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003 |
| Soggetto topico |
Germanic Languages
Languages & Literatures |
| ISBN |
1-282-16122-9
9786612161223 90-272-9649-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]]
| Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 570 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 410/.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics - History
Philology & Linguistics Languages & Literatures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books |
| ISBN | 1-4443-0746-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]]
| Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 570 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 410/.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics - History
Philology & Linguistics Languages & Literatures |
| ISBN | 1-4443-0746-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 | ||
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Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]]
| Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 570 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 410/.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics - History
Philology & Linguistics Languages & Literatures |
| ISBN | 1-4443-0746-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830123103321 |
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 | ||
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Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]]
| Western linguistics. An historical introduction / / Pieter A.M. Seuren [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Seuren Pieter A. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 570 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 410/.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics - History
Philology & Linguistics Languages & Literatures |
| ISBN | 1-4443-0746-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Seuren Pieter A. M
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| Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell, 1998 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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