Inquisitive Semantics

There is an age-old tradition in linguistics and philosophy to identify the meaning of a entence with its truth-conditions. This can be explained by the fact that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize v...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ivano C Iardell I (Author), Jeroen Groenend I Jk (Author), Floris Roelofsen (Author)
Format: Ebooks
Published: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get Fulltext
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 01903 am a22001933u 4500
001 oer_unej_5756
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Ivano C Iardell I  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Jeroen Groenend I Jk  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Floris Roelofsen  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Inquisitive Semantics 
260 |b Oxford University Press,   |c 2018. 
500 |a http://oer.library.unej.ac.id//index.php?p=show_detail&id=5756 
520 |a There is an age-old tradition in linguistics and philosophy to identify the meaning of a entence with its truth-conditions. This can be explained by the fact that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize valid reasoning. Indeed, in order to determine whether an argument is valid, it suffices to know the truth-conditions of the premises and conclusion. However, argumentation is neither the sole, nor the primary function of language. One task that language more widely and ordinarily fulfils is to enable the exchange of information between conversational participants. Inquisitive semantics is a new logical framework for the analysis of this fundamental usage of language. Information exchange can be seen as a process of raising and resolving issues. Inquisitive semantics provides a new formal notion of issues, which makes it possible to model various concepts that are crucial for the analysis of linguistic information exchange in a more refined and more principled way than has been possible in previous frameworks. This book provides a detailed exposition of inquisitive semantics, and demonstrates its benefits with a range of applications in the semantic analysis of questions, coordination, modals, conditionals, and intonation. 
546 |a en 
690 |a NONE 
691 |a Oxford 
655 7 |a Text  |2 local 
856 4 1 |u http://oer.library.unej.ac.id//index.php?p=show_detail&id=5756  |z Get Fulltext