Essays about: "competence-oriented semantics"

Found 1 essay containing the words competence-oriented semantics.

  1. 1. The Many Faces of Sameness : Perfect Intralinguistic Synonymy in Competence-Oriented Semantics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Luis Enrique Bazet Velásquez; [2023]
    Keywords : semantics; competence-oriented semantics; philosophy of language; synonymy; Mark Richard; contextualism;

    Abstract : In Meaning as Species, Mark Richard provides an argument to the conclusion that stipulation can transiently create perfect intralinguistic synonymy. The key to achieve this is the notion of meaning as "abstracted common ground” (ACG). In this thesis, I argue that Richard’s argument is not enough to ensure the existence of perfect synonymy. READ MORE