Philosophy Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
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| Meaning: Differs from the reference object (reference). The object does not have to exist for an expression to have a meaning. Words are not related to objects in a one-to-one correspondence. There is an important distinction between word meaning and sentence meaning. See also use theory, sentence meaning, reference, truth, meaning theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Lyons on Meaning - Dictionary of Arguments
I 146 Meaning/Grammar/Lyons: it is correct that differences in meaning are described as dependent on the meanings of the words that make up the sentence. Cf. >Opposition/Saussure, >F. de. Saussure, >Frege-principle, >Compositionality, >G. Frege. Lyons: but we do not take this into account within the grammar theory described here. I 157 Meaning/Gramaticity/grammatical/meaningful/sensible/Lyons: there are different types of acceptability. The grammar sets its own limits (due to uncertainty). >Acceptability/Lyons, >Grammar, >Philosophical theories of meaning, >Meaning theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ly II John Lyons Semantics Cambridge, MA 1977 Lyons I John Lyons Introduction to Theoretical Lingustics, Cambridge/MA 1968 German Edition: Einführung in die moderne Linguistik München 1995 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16