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Article: Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech
| Title | Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 1997 |
| Citation | ProtoSociology, 1997, v. 10, p. 4-18 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Much work in the philosophy of language assumes that a semantic theory T, for a language L should assign p as the semantic content of an utterance u, by A, of a sentence S in L, if and only if “A said that p” is true. This assumption is mistaken. More generally, the aim of semantics cannot be to capture the extension of English expressions such as “meaning” or “what was said”. This provides support for Davidson’s paratactic theory of indirect speech and for the view that a semantic theory should take the form of a truth-theory. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/290385 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Cappelen, Herman | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lepore, Ernie | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-27T03:34:41Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-27T03:34:41Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 1997 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | ProtoSociology, 1997, v. 10, p. 4-18 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1434-4319 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/290385 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Much work in the philosophy of language assumes that a semantic theory T, for a language L should assign p as the semantic content of an utterance u, by A, of a sentence S in L, if and only if “A said that p” is true. This assumption is mistaken. More generally, the aim of semantics cannot be to capture the extension of English expressions such as “meaning” or “what was said”. This provides support for Davidson’s paratactic theory of indirect speech and for the view that a semantic theory should take the form of a truth-theory. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | ProtoSociology | - |
| dc.title | Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.5840/protosociology1997101 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 10 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 4 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 18 | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 1434-4319 | - |