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Semantics: the thin notion
Conferences of John Collins (UEA/EHESS)
Published on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Abstract
Announcement
Presentation
The notion of a variable plays a prominent role in semantic and syntactic theorising. The lectures will clarify the concept of a variable as understood in the formal sciences and seek to show that such a notion has no application to natural language syntax. On the basis of three case studies, the lectures will contend that the common appeal to variables within semantic theory is inappropriate in having no syntactic correlate - at best, the variable is a theoretical artefact.
John Collins (UEA/EHESS)
Calendar: Wednesday January 16th and 23rd, Wednesday February 6th and 13th.
Seminar: EHESS de F. Récanati, 105 Bd Raspail, salle 7, 15:00 to 17:00
Program
I - Wednesday January 16th
Three grades of variable involvement ; or why there are no variables in syntax
II - Wednesday January 23rd
Weather reports
III - Wednesday February 6th
Predicates of personal taste
IV - Wednesday February 13th
Indefinites
Subjects
- Language (Main category)
- Mind and language > Language > Linguistics
- Mind and language > Thought > Philosophy
- Mind and language > Thought > Cognitive science
Places
- EHESS, salle 7 - 105 Bd Raspail
Paris, France (75006)
Date(s)
- Wednesday, January 16, 2013
- Wednesday, January 23, 2013
- Wednesday, February 06, 2013
- Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Keywords
- semantics, predicates, syntax
Contact(s)
- sophie Bilardello
courriel : sophie [dot] bilardello [at] ehess [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- François Recanati
courriel : recanati [at] ens [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Semantics: the thin notion », Lecture series, Calenda, Published on Thursday, December 20, 2012, https://doi.org/10.58079/mhr
