Logic as Grammar: An Approach to Meaning in Natural Language

by Norbert Hornstein

Book Overview

How is the meaning of natural language interpreted? Taking as its point of departure the logical problem of natural language acquisition, this book elaborates a theory of meaning based on syntactical rather than semantical processes. Hornstein argues that the traditional neoFregean approach taken by Davidson, Barwise and Perry, and Montague, among others -- an approach that makes use of semantical notions like "truth" and "reference" -- should be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262580829
• ISBN13: 9780262580823
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher