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23. Juni 2024 · The only legitimacy of logic is that it structures our “conceptual schema,” that is to say, our way of conceiving and speaking about the world (From a Logical Point of View, Quine, 1953). In this perspective, it is fallacious to think that we can change our point of view, although we can revise progressively, as in Neurath’s boat, our conceptual scheme ( Word and Object , Quine, 1960b ).
Vor 5 Tagen · Chomsky's theory posits that language consists of both deep structures and surface structures: Outward-facing surface structures relate phonetic rules into sound, while inward-facing deep structures relate words and conceptual meaning.
23. Juni 2024 · There has long been a connection between linguistic theory and theories of processing as evidenced by the work of Berwick (The Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance). The task of the parser is to assign abstract structure to a phonological, morphological, or syntactic string; structure that does not come directly labeled in the ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Martin ( 1985 :251) defines genre as “staged, goal-oriented social process”, which describes the implicit meaning structure of a text and the schematic structure of each particular genre. The notion of genre includes every type of activity realized through language, which is the main content of culture.
Vor 6 Tagen · The course explores the linguistic structure of Modern English in relation to some central issues in linguistic theory. The teaching is organised thematically, covering the phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of English as the principal components of linguistic structure.
23. Juni 2024 · The topic “argument structure and morphology” refers to the interaction between the number and nature of the arguments taken by a given predicate on the one hand, and the morphological makeup of that predicate on the other.
Vor 5 Tagen · Semantics. A central topic in semantics concerns the relation between language, world, and mental concepts. Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning. It examines what meaning is, how words get their meaning, and how the meaning of a complex expression depends on its parts. Part of this process involves the distinction between sense and ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Logical positivists used formal logical methods to develop an empiricist account of knowledge. They adopted the verification principle, according to which every meaningful statement is either analytic or synthetic. The truths of logic and mathematics were tautologies, and those of science were verifiable empirical claims. These two ...
