Description: Dynamics of Meaning : Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar, Paperback by Chierchia, Gennaro, ISBN 0226104354, ISBN-13 9780226104355, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs of quantification. The second chapter explores in greater depth the interpretation of indefinites and issues related to presuppositions of uniqueness and the "E-type strategy." In Chapter 3, Chierchia extends the dynamic approach to the domain of syntactic theory, considering a range of empirical problems that includes backwards anaphora, reconstruction effects, and weak crossover. The final chapter develops the formal system of dynamic semantics to deal with central issues of definites and presupposition. Chierchia shows that an approach based on a principled enrichment of the mechanisms dealing with meaning is to be preferred on empirical grounds over approaches that depend on an enrichment of the syntactic apparatus. Dynamics of Meaning illustrates how seemingly abstract stances on the nature of meaning can have significant and far-reaching linguistic consequences, leading to the detection of new facts and influencing our understanding of the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface.
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Book Title: Dynamics of Meaning : Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Publication Name: Dynamics of Meaning : Anaphora, Preposition, and the Theory of Grammar
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Linguistics / Syntax, Linguistics / Semantics, Linguistics / Psycholinguistics
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 1995
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Gennaro Chierchia
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
