A new semantical theory of egocentric particulars

Synthese ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 533-547
Author(s):  
Dene Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Semantical Theory

scholarly journals On the semantics of metaphor

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanda Božičević
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Literal Meaning ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Theory Of Meaning ◽  
Semantics And Pragmatics ◽  
Semantical Theory ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Semantical Point ◽  
Language Acquistion

The article discusses the problem of metaphor from the semantical point of view, at the lexical level. Alter havins explained why do metaphors represent a touch stone of any semantical theory, and after having given a brief survey of possible theoretical solutions of the problem, the author exposes her own view of metaphor based on late Wittgenstein's theory of meaning. On the assumption that there should be no artificial break between semantics and pragmatics the author argues that the same semantical, pragmatical an epistemological principles govern the production and interpretation of literal and metaphorical language. The difference between literal and metaphorical is understood as a token, and not a type difference, depending on what is considered to be the common meaning of a word. Metaphor Is defined as a semantic innovation, nomination, realized by the extension of literal meaning. Arguments for her thesis the author finds in the analysis of the processes of language acquistion.

Leibniz on Truth and Contingency

1978 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Jarrett
Keyword(s):  
Truth Conditions ◽  
Semantical Theory ◽  
The Subject

Leibniz’ principal doctrine of truth is an attempt to set out the truth-conditions for a certain syntactically-defined class of propositions. As such, it constitutes an attempt to provide at least one portion of a semantical theory. The doctrine itself is found for example in Elementa Calculi:Every true categorical proposition, affirmative and universal, signifies nothing but a certain connection between the predicate and the subject… This connection is such that the predicate is said to be in the subject, or to be contained in it, and this either absolutely and viewed in itself, or in some particular case. Or in the same way, the subject is said to contain the predicate; that is, the notion of the subject, either in itself or with some addition, involves the notion of the predicate.It is clear, from this work as well as from “First Truths” and “On Freedom”, that the doctrine is not restricted to universal affirmatives, but applies as well to particular affirmatives.

Truth and Denotation: A Study in Semantical Theory

Language ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel ◽  
R. M. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Semantical Theory

A semantical theory of analytic implication

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alasdair Urquhart
Keyword(s):  
Semantical Theory ◽  
Analytic Implication

Truth and Denotation. A Study in Semantical Theory.

1960 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 559
Author(s):  
Hugues LeBlanc ◽  
R. M. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Semantical Theory
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