The verbal categories of tense and aspect have been studied traditionally from the point of view of their reference to the timing and time-perspective of the speakerβs reported experience. They are universal categories both in terms of the semantic-functional domain they cover as well as in terms of
Essential Indeterminacies between Semantics and Pragmatics
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The notion of information has nowadays become crucial both in our daily life and in many branches of science and technology. In language studies, this notion was used as a technical term for the first time about at least fifty years ago. It is argued however that "Old" and "New," used traditionally
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<DIV>This book investigates the phenomenon of semantic under-determinacy by arguing for its distinctiveness and non-reducibility to other familiar phenomena, and addresses the question of how communication is possible despite it. Belleri argues that the comprehension of utterances of semantically un
The study of meaning in language embraces a diverse range of problems and methods. Philosophers think through the relationship between language and the world; linguists document speakers' knowledge of meaning; psychologists investigate the mechanisms of understanding and production. Up through the e