-
helps people identify the
objects to
which an
expression refers. Some
semanticists focus primarily on
sense or
primarily on
reference in
their analysis...
-
grammarians argued that
meaning is
driven by an
underlying syntax,
generative semanticists posited that
syntax is
shaped by an
underlying meaning. This intellectual...
- in a
variety of
languages including ****anese, Russian, and Hungarian.
Semanticists have
proposed a
variety of
explanations for homogeneity,
often involving...
- prototypes,
which cognitive semanticists generally argue is the
cause of polysemy. [citation needed]
Cognitive semanticists argue that truth-conditional...
-
world of evaluation.
Since the
seminal work of
Angelika Kratzer,
formal semanticists have
adopted a more
finely grained notion of this set as
determined by...
- M****achusetts, the
third of four
children of
George Chychele Waterston, a
semanticist and
language teacher, and
Alice Tucker (née Atkinson), a
landscape painter...
-
approach to language. Many
formal semanticists are
philosophers of language,
differing from
linguist semanticists only in
their metaphysical ****umptions...
- equivalents. In
order to
explain how
speakers are able to
understand them,
semanticists have
proposed a
variety of
formalisms including systems of
dynamic semantics...
-
Geoffrey Nunberg has
described Bolinger as "one of the most
distinguished semanticists" of the mid-twentieth century,
pointing to his "uncanny ear for the nuances...
- be
treated as the
agent in a sentence. This
solves problems that most
semanticists have with
deciding on the
number and
quality of
thematic roles. For example...
