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Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers: Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays by Jaakko Hintikka (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
ISBN-100792347803
ISBN-139780792347804
eBay Product ID (ePID)679338
Product Key Features
Number of PagesX, 310 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameParadigms for Language Theory and Other Essays
Publication Year1997
SubjectHistory & Surveys / General, Logic, Linguistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorJaakko Hintikka
SeriesJaakko Hintikka Selected Papers
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight49 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-037727
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number4
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal410
Table Of Content1. "The Games of Logic and the Games of Inquiry".- 2. "No Scope for Scope?".- 3. (with Gabriel Sandu) "Informational Independence as a Semantical Phenomenon".- 4. "'Is', Semantical Games, and Semantical Relativity".- 5. "Logical Form and Linguistic Theory".- 6. "On the Any-Thesis and the Methodology of Linguistics".- 7. "Paradigms for Language Theory".- 8. (with Gabriel Sandu) "The Fallacies of the New Theory of Reference".- 9. "Perspectival Identification, Demonstratives and 'Small Worlds'".- 10. "Game-Theoretical Semantics as a Synthesis of Verificationist and Truth-Conditional Meaning Theories".- 11. (with Gabriel Sandu) "Metaphor and Other Kinds of Nonliteral Meaning".
SynopsisSeveral of the basic ideas of current language theory are subjected to critical scrutiny and found wanting, including the concept of scope, the hegemony of generative syntax, the Frege-Russell claim that verbs like 'is' are ambiguous, and the assumptions underlying the so-called New Theory of Reference. In their stead, new constructive ideas are proposed., Several of the basic ideas of current language theory are subjected to critical scrutiny and found wanting, including the concept of scope, the hegemony of generative syntax, the Frege-Russell claim that verbs like is' are ambiguous, and the assumptions underlying the so-called New Theory of Reference. In their stead, new constructive ideas are proposed.
LC Classification NumberB1-5802
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