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Philosophy of Syntax

Foundational Topics

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Authors:
  1. Mieszko Talasiewicz

    1. Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland

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  • A unique attempt to confront major claims of empirically motivated syntactic theory with foundational ideas of philosophical grammar
  • Inspires the reader to rethink the position of syntax in the philosophy of language and in linguistics
  • Draws new lines between syntax, semantics and pragmatics
  • The first book to ground Categorial Grammar with Situation Semantics and facts about First Language Acquisition
  • Provides the reader interested in natural language processing with a well-argued case for the need of implementing substantial ‘world knowledge’ and emulating pragmatic ambiguity resolution in machines

Part of the book series: Trends in Logic (TREN, volume 29)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Mieszko Tałasiewicz
    Pages 1-16

  3. Syntax

    • Mieszko Tałasiewicz
    Pages 17-66

  4. Semantics

    • Mieszko Tałasiewicz
    Pages 67-115

  5. Categorial Analysis

    • Mieszko Tałasiewicz
    Pages 117-165

  6. Conclusion

    • Mieszko Tałasiewicz
    Pages 167-176

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 1-11
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Abstract In the chapter some preliminary methodological issues are discussed, including the demarcation between logic and linguistics and the shortcomings of empirical base of the theory of syntax. An epistemological approach to language is sketched out and a need for the proper balance between logical aspects of natural language and vernacular usage is claimed crucial for any reliable theory of syntax and - mantics. Learnability and efficiency are presented as the most important c- straints to be imposed upon a logical analysis of language. Keywords Linguistics, Logic, Methodology, Natural Language 1. 1 Epistemological Background of the Problem of Syntax Among central questions of epistemology two are the most fundamental: how language is related to the reality that we talk about in this language, and how one can rationally learn what this reality is like. Let us label these questions resp- tively ‘the question of reference’ and ‘the question of method’. Certainly these two are very closely interconnected. Perhaps some solution to the problem of r- erence would solve the problem of method: the way in which language refers to reality would tell us how to verify the sentences of this language. But in general it can be otherwise. Equally imaginable is the case that we know what (e. g. which possible states of affairs) our sentences refer to but we do not know (scil. we c- not rationally justify our belief in this respect), whether they are true (scil.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland

    Mieszko Talasiewicz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy of Syntax

  • Book Subtitle: Foundational Topics

  • Authors: Mieszko Talasiewicz

  • Series Title: Trends in Logic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3288-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3287-4Published: 10 December 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3097-7Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3288-1Published: 12 November 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1572-6126

  • Series E-ISSN: 2212-7313

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 189

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language, Logic, Syntax, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics

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