Interpreted Languages and Compositionality

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kracht, Marcus (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Σειρά: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 89
• Θέματα: Linguistics.; Logic.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Mathematical logic.; Semantics.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.; Philosophy of Language.

This book argues that languages are composed of sets of ‘signs’, rather than ‘strings’. This notion, first posited by de Saussure in the early 20th century, has for decades been neglected by linguists, particularly following Chomsky’s heavy critiques of the 1950s. Yet since the emergence of formal s...