SYNTAX, SEMANTIC AND FORMALIZATION<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v3i1.12602"><i> <b>[doi: 10.7443/problemata.v3i1.12602]</b></i></a>

Authors

  • Adriano Marques Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v3i1.12602

Keywords:

Semântica Clássica, Interface sintaxe-semântica, Forma Lógica, Contextualismo, Gerativismo.

Abstract

This article addresses the following problem: which is the format and scope of a formal semantic theory adequate to the description and explanation of semantic phenomena present in natural languages​​? The first section exposes the main principles for a semantics of natural languages, given the criticisms of Contextualism. The second section presents the main features of the research program proposed by P.M. Pietroski. Finally, it is presented a brief evaluation of this program in  the light of the criteria presented in the previous sections. I argue that this program has considerable methodological virtues, because it adopts as explanandum  substantial empirical generalizations, syntactic phenomena which must be explained. It is therefore a proposal that does not merely describe the intuitions of speakers and encode them in logical-mathematical notation.

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Published

2012-05-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2012)

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Papers

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