Bounded Meaning - The Dynamics of Interpretation

Bounded Meaning develops a new theory of how and why semantic interpretation depends not just on global information, but also on local information. Mandelkern provides criticisms of the dominant theory, dynamic semantics, and proposes a new theory of bounds as limits on admissible interpretations of an expression.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• Part I: Modals and Conditionals


• 2: The Dynamics of Modality


• 3: The Dynamics of Conditionals


• 4: Against Dynamic Semantics


• 5: Bounded Modals and Conditionals


• Part II: Conditionals: Reasoning and Probability


• 6: Reasoning with Conditionals


• 7: Probabilities of Conditionals


• Part III: Anaphora


• 8: The Dynamics of Anaphora


• 9: Bounded Anaphora


• 10: Quantification and Subordination


• Part IV: Concluding


• 11: Local Contexts


• 12: Conclusion

About the author

Matthew Mandelkern is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He received a PhD in Philosophy from MIT. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, 2017-2020. He works on the philosophy of language and its intersections with neighbouring fields.

Summary

Bounded Meaning develops a new theory of how and why semantic interpretation depends not just on global information, but also on local information. Mandelkern provides criticisms of the dominant theory, dynamic semantics, and proposes a new theory of bounds as limits on admissible interpretations of an expression.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Mandelkern, Matthew (New York University) Mandelkern
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9780192870049
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287004-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Philosophy: logic, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Translation and interpretation, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc