34.2056, Books: From Perception to Communication: Cooper

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Date: 20-Jun-2023
From: Rachel Havard [Rachel.HAVARD at oup.com]
Subject: From Perception to Communication: Cooper 


Title: From Perception to Communication
Subtitle: A Theory of Types for Action and Meaning
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press
                http://www.oup.com/us
Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-perception-to-c
ommunication-9780192871312?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv
&utm_campaign=linguistics

Author: Robin Cooper
Hardback: ISBN: 9780192871312 Pages: 464 Price: U.S. $ 130
Abstract:

This book characterizes a notion of type that covers both linguistic
and non-linguistic action, and lays the foundations for a theory of
action based on a Theory of Types with Records (TTR). Robin Cooper
argues that a theory of language based on action allows the adoption
of a perspective on linguistic content that is centred on interaction
in dialogue; this approach is crucially different to the traditional
view of natural languages as essentially similar to formal languages
such as logics developed by philosophers or mathematicians. At the
same time, he claims that the substantial technical advantages made by
the formal language view of semantics can be incorporated into the
action-based view, and that this can lead to important improvements in
both intuitive understanding and empirical coverage. This enterprise
uses types rather than possible worlds as commonly employed in studies
of the semantics of natural language. Types are more tractable than
possible worlds and offer greater potential for understanding the
implementation of semantics both on machines and in biological brains.

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics

Written In: English (eng)

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