32.129, Books: Linguistic Meaning Meets Linguistic Form: Duffley

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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:53:55
From:  Oxford University Press [humanitiesmarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Linguistic Meaning Meets Linguistic Form: Duffley

 


Title: Linguistic Meaning Meets Linguistic Form 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/linguistic-meaning-meets-linguistic-form-9780198850724?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Patrick Duffley

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198850700 Pages: 240 Price: U.S. $ 85
Paperback: ISBN:  9780198850724 Pages: 240 Price: U.S. $ 40


Abstract:

This book steers a middle course between two opposing conceptions that
currently dominate the field of semantics, the logical and cognitive
approaches. Patrick Duffley brings to light the inadequacies of both of these
frameworks, arguing that linguistic semantics must be based on the linguistic
sign itself and on the meaning that it conveys across the full range of its
uses. The book offers 12 case studies that demonstrate the explanatory power
of a sign-based semantics, dealing with topics such as complementation with
aspectual and causative verbs, control and raising, wh- words, full-verb
inversion, and existential-there constructions. It calls for a radical
revision of the semantics/pragmatics interface, proposing that the dividing
line be drawn between content that is linguistically encoded and content that
is not encoded but still communicated. While traditional linguistic analysis
often places meaning at the level of the sentence or construction, this volume
argues that meaning belongs at the lower level of linguistic items, where the
linguistic sign is stored in a stable, permanent, and direct relation with its
meaning outside of any particular context. Building linguistic analysis from
the ground up in this way provides it with a more solid foundation and
increases its explanatory power.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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