Formal semantics and functional semantics
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Formal semantics and functional semantics. / Harder, Peter; Widell, Peter.
The Sign of the V: Papers in Honour of Sten Vikner . ed. / Ken Ramshøj Christensen; Henrik Jørgensen; Johanna Wood. Århus : AU Library Scholarly Publishing Services, 2019. p. 735-757 36.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Formal semantics and functional semantics
AU - Harder, Peter
AU - Widell, Peter
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This joint article represents an attempt to clarify relations between two rather different approaches to the description of linguistic meaning: truth-conditional semantics (as represented by Peter Widell) and functional semantics (as represented by Peter Harder). The two approaches are anchored in different traditions, are based on different theoretical premises, and have different objectives. Truth-conditional semantics is based on a philosophical tradition with strong relations to logic, while functional semantics is based on a linguistic tradition with borrowings from evolutionary biology (and also from speech acts philosophy). We argue that an integrated picture that accommodates both approaches can be achieved by a mutual recognition of the different aims as well as of a central area in which the different aims give rise to compatible insights about linguistic meaning.
AB - This joint article represents an attempt to clarify relations between two rather different approaches to the description of linguistic meaning: truth-conditional semantics (as represented by Peter Widell) and functional semantics (as represented by Peter Harder). The two approaches are anchored in different traditions, are based on different theoretical premises, and have different objectives. Truth-conditional semantics is based on a philosophical tradition with strong relations to logic, while functional semantics is based on a linguistic tradition with borrowings from evolutionary biology (and also from speech acts philosophy). We argue that an integrated picture that accommodates both approaches can be achieved by a mutual recognition of the different aims as well as of a central area in which the different aims give rise to compatible insights about linguistic meaning.
U2 - 10.7146/aul.348
DO - 10.7146/aul.348
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-87-7507-461-7
SP - 735
EP - 757
BT - The Sign of the V: Papers in Honour of Sten Vikner
A2 - Christensen, Ken Ramshøj
A2 - Jørgensen, Henrik
A2 - Wood, Johanna
PB - AU Library Scholarly Publishing Services
CY - Århus
ER -
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