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| Authors | J.A.G. Groenendijk, M.J.B. Stokhof | | Title | Semantics, pragmatics and the theory of meaning |
| Journal | Journal of pragmatics |
| Volume | 2 |
| Year | 1978 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-70 |
| ISSN | 03782166 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Science |
| Institute/dept. | FGw: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
FNWI: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) |
| Keywords | Semantics; Pragmatics |
| Abstract | In this paper arguments are given for the thesis that an adequate theory of meaning for a natural language has to consist at least of a recursive specification of the truth conditions (semantics) and of a recursive specification of the correctness conditions (pragmatics) of the sentences of that language.
The thesis is defended on both theoretical and empirical grounds. The empirical grounds are that such a theory of meaning makes it possible to explain a wide range of phenomena concerning the meaning of various kinds of linguistic expressions and constructions which cannot be explained in either syntactic or semantic terms.
The theoretical grounds are that a theory of meaning which consists of both a semantics and a pragmatics seems a promising way to unify insights from two main streams of contemporary philosophy of language: logical semantics and speech act theory.
Furthermore, some notions and principles of a formal pragmatic theory are discussed. |
| Document type | Article |
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