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Pragmatics and Semantics : An Empiricist Theory / Carol A. Kates.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©1980Description: 1 online resource (258 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501752179
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.4 23
LOC classification:
  • P37.5.C64 .K384 1980
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. PRAGMATICS AND SEMANTICS: THE NATURE OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE -- 1. Transformational-Generative Grammar -- 2. Semantic Grammar and Communicative Competence -- 3. Acquisition of Lexical Paradigms -- 4. Acquisition of Grammatical Paradigms -- 5. Pragmatic Structures -- 6. Linguistic Creativity -- PART II. AN EMPIRICIST THEORY OF UTTERANCE MEANING: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS -- 7. Phenomenological Empiricisim -- 8. An Empiricist Account of Universals -- 9. Universal Grammar -- 10. The Authority of Logical Truth -- 11. The Constitution of Novel Utterance Meanings: The Metaphorical Function -- 12. Conclusion -- References -- Index
Summary: What is the nature of communicative competence? Carol Kates addresses this crucial linguistic question, examining and finally rejecting the rationalistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and elaborated by Jerrold J. Katz, among others. She sets forth three reasons why the rationalistic model shoudl be rejected: (1) it has not been supported by empirical tests; (2) it cannot accommodate the pragmatic relation between speaker and sign; and (3) the theory of universal grammar carries with it unacceptable metaphysical implications unless it is interpreted in light of empiricism. Kates proposes an empiricist model in place of the rationalistic theory—a model that, in her view, is more consistent with recent findings in linguistics and psycholinguistics.In attempting to clarify the nature of utterance meaning, Kates develops theoretical perspectives on phenomenological empiricism and produces an account of reference and intentionality directly relevant to empiricaly based theories of speaking and understanding.Among the major topics addressed in the book are transformational-generative and universal grammer, cognitive theories of language acquisition, pragmatic structure, predication and topic-comment structure, and empiricism and the philosophical problem of universals.An innovative and probing work, Pragmatics and Semantics will be welcomed by philosophers, linguists, and psycholinguists.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. PRAGMATICS AND SEMANTICS: THE NATURE OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE -- 1. Transformational-Generative Grammar -- 2. Semantic Grammar and Communicative Competence -- 3. Acquisition of Lexical Paradigms -- 4. Acquisition of Grammatical Paradigms -- 5. Pragmatic Structures -- 6. Linguistic Creativity -- PART II. AN EMPIRICIST THEORY OF UTTERANCE MEANING: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS -- 7. Phenomenological Empiricisim -- 8. An Empiricist Account of Universals -- 9. Universal Grammar -- 10. The Authority of Logical Truth -- 11. The Constitution of Novel Utterance Meanings: The Metaphorical Function -- 12. Conclusion -- References -- Index

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What is the nature of communicative competence? Carol Kates addresses this crucial linguistic question, examining and finally rejecting the rationalistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and elaborated by Jerrold J. Katz, among others. She sets forth three reasons why the rationalistic model shoudl be rejected: (1) it has not been supported by empirical tests; (2) it cannot accommodate the pragmatic relation between speaker and sign; and (3) the theory of universal grammar carries with it unacceptable metaphysical implications unless it is interpreted in light of empiricism. Kates proposes an empiricist model in place of the rationalistic theory—a model that, in her view, is more consistent with recent findings in linguistics and psycholinguistics.In attempting to clarify the nature of utterance meaning, Kates develops theoretical perspectives on phenomenological empiricism and produces an account of reference and intentionality directly relevant to empiricaly based theories of speaking and understanding.Among the major topics addressed in the book are transformational-generative and universal grammer, cognitive theories of language acquisition, pragmatic structure, predication and topic-comment structure, and empiricism and the philosophical problem of universals.An innovative and probing work, Pragmatics and Semantics will be welcomed by philosophers, linguists, and psycholinguists.

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