TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hornstein,Norbert
TI  - Logic as grammar
SN  - 0585346801
AV  - P325 .H62 1984eb
U1  - 415 19
PY  - 1984///]
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Semantics
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Language and logic
KW  - Language acquisition
KW  - Language Development
KW  - Sémantique
KW  - Grammaire comparée et générale
KW  - Langage et logique
KW  - Langage
KW  - Acquisition
KW  - semantics
KW  - aat
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Syntax
KW  - fast
KW  - Logica
KW  - gtt
KW  - Generatieve semantiek
KW  - COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "A Bradford book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index; 1; Semantic competence --; 2; Two types of quantifiers --; 3; The logical syntax of definite descriptions and belief-sentences --; 4; A grammatical basis for the theory of quantifier types --; 5; Application of the theory to more problems and puzzles --; 6; Is interpretation theory a semantic theory? --; 7; Is semantics possible?
N2  - 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 replaced by a theory drawn from the syntactical vocabulary of generative grammar. Surprisingly, the book points out that linguistic competence can be acquired despite the degeneracy, finiteness, and deficiency of the environmental stimulus, and it characterizes those innate aspects of the mind which enable a child to develop into a native speaker. In eight chapters it investigates the issue of pronoun binding, relative quantifier scope, the treatment of definite descriptions, as well as more technical issues in current theoretical linguistics. A Bradford Book
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