Inquisitive Semantics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23397809
AutoresIvano Ciardelli (0000-0001-6152-3401, Assistant Professor, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University), Jeroen Groenendijk (Professor Emeritus, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam), Floris Roelofsen (0000-0002-3224-5251, Associate Professor, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam)
Año2018
Páginas240
Fecha de publicación2018-11-22
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaInquisitive Semantics (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198814788.001.0001
OpenAlexW4213111222
Open LibraryOL28354391M
ISBN9780198814788
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas78
Referencias citadas74

There is an age-old tradition in linguistics and philosophy to identify the meaning of a entence with its truth-conditions. This can be explained by the fact that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize valid reasoning. Indeed, in order to determine whether an argument is valid, it suffices to know the truth-conditions of the premises and conclusion. However, argumentation is neither the sole, nor the primary function of language. One task that language more widely and ordinarily fulfils is to enable the exchange of information between conversational participants. Inquisitive semantics is a new logical framework for the analysis of this fundamental usage of language. Information exchange can be seen as a process of raising and resolving issues. Inquisitive semantics provides a new formal notion of issues, which makes it possible to model various concepts that are crucial for the analysis of linguistic information exchange in a more refined and more principled way than has been possible in previous frameworks. This book provides a detailed exposition of inquisitive semantics, and demonstrates its benefits with a range of applications in the semantic analysis of questions, coordination, modals, conditionals, and intonation.

Argument (complex analysis) · Argumentation theory · Epistemology · Exposition (narrative) · Formal semantics (linguistics) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Programming language · Raising (metalworking) · Semantics (computer science) · Truth condition · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Mathematics · Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Grammar, syntax & morphology · Philosophy of language · Philosophy: logic · Semantics · Semantics & pragmatics