Paul Elbourne is Reader in Semantics at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of Situations and Individuals (MIT Press, 2005) and numerous articles in linguistics and philosophy journals.
Our outstanding ability to communicate is a distinguishing features of our species. To communicate is to convey meaning, but what is meaning? How do words combine to give us the meanings of sentences? And what makes a statement ambiguous or nonsensical? These questions and many others are addressed in Paul Elbourne's fascinating guide. He opens by asking what kinds of things the meanings of words and sentences could be: are they, for example, abstract objects or psychological entities? He then looks at how we understand a sequence of words we have never heard before; he considers to what extent the meaning of a sentence can be derived from the words it contains and how to account for the meanings that can't be; and he examines the roles played by time, place, and the shared and unshared assumptions of speakers and hearers. He looks at how language interacts with thought and the intriguing question of whether what language we speak affects the way we see the world.
Meaning, as might be expected, is far from simple. Paul Elbourne explores its complex issues in crystal clear language. He draws on approaches developed in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology -- assuming a knowledge of none of them -- in a manner that will appeal to everyone interested in this essential element of human psychology and culture.
Review:
"This is a perfect guide to what semantics is all about. The book is informative, scholarly, witty, entertaining, and funny. It doesn't shy away from hard puzzles and unsolved problems, and places semantics where it belongs: at the intersection of linguistics, logic, metaphysics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience."
--Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
發表於2024-09-28
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評分我可以很負責任的說,這是語言哲學和語義學(無論是formal,lexical還是compositional)方麵最好的導論,優點在於它概括瞭心理學,語言學和哲學三個領域的文獻,並且很好的把每個學科的研究安放在瞭閤適的位置上,闡明瞭相互的關係。
評分我可以很負責任的說,這是語言哲學和語義學(無論是formal,lexical還是compositional)方麵最好的導論,優點在於它概括瞭心理學,語言學和哲學三個領域的文獻,並且很好的把每個學科的研究安放在瞭閤適的位置上,闡明瞭相互的關係。
評分我可以很負責任的說,這是語言哲學和語義學(無論是formal,lexical還是compositional)方麵最好的導論,優點在於它概括瞭心理學,語言學和哲學三個領域的文獻,並且很好的把每個學科的研究安放在瞭閤適的位置上,闡明瞭相互的關係。
Meaning 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載