CONTEXTUALISM AND THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUAL FRAMES
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Resumo: | Some part of the debate between minimalists and contextualists can be construed as merely terminological and can be resolved by agreeing to a certain division of labor. Minimalist claims are to be understood as (not necessarily correct) claims about what is needed for adequate formal compositional semantic models of language understood in abstraction from real conversational contexts. Contextualist claims are ones about how language users produce and understand utterances by manipulating features of the psychological and discourse contexts of the conversational participants in real conversational settings. However, some minimalists have attempted to engage contextualists more directly by defending a form of psychological minimalism. The minimal proposition expressed by a sentence S is construed either as the most general content shared by all possible utterances of S or as the content that expresses the fewest commitments. Both conceptions are shown to be problematic by an extended analysis of the decontextualized sentence ‘John is ready’. Finally, evidence is presented from the psychological literature to show that lack of contextual clues can seriously degrade understanding. This evidence points to the crucial role of discourse factors, such as conversational topics and other contextual framing devices, in utterance understanding. |
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CONTEXTUALISM AND THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUAL FRAMESSemantic minimalism. Contextualism. Minimal proposition. Linguistic understanding. What is said. Contextual frames.Some part of the debate between minimalists and contextualists can be construed as merely terminological and can be resolved by agreeing to a certain division of labor. Minimalist claims are to be understood as (not necessarily correct) claims about what is needed for adequate formal compositional semantic models of language understood in abstraction from real conversational contexts. Contextualist claims are ones about how language users produce and understand utterances by manipulating features of the psychological and discourse contexts of the conversational participants in real conversational settings. However, some minimalists have attempted to engage contextualists more directly by defending a form of psychological minimalism. The minimal proposition expressed by a sentence S is construed either as the most general content shared by all possible utterances of S or as the content that expresses the fewest commitments. Both conceptions are shown to be problematic by an extended analysis of the decontextualized sentence ‘John is ready’. Finally, evidence is presented from the psychological literature to show that lack of contextual clues can seriously degrade understanding. This evidence points to the crucial role of discourse factors, such as conversational topics and other contextual framing devices, in utterance understanding.Universidade Estadual de Campinas2015-12-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8642048Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofia; v. 32 n. 1 (2009): Jan./Jul.; 59-84Manuscrito: International Journal of Philosophy; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2009): Jan./Jul.; 59-84Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofía; Vol. 32 Núm. 1 (2009): Jan./Jul.; 59-842317-630Xreponame:Manuscrito (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)instacron:UNICAMPporhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8642048/9540Copyright (c) 2015 Manuscritoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBezuidenhout, Anne2015-12-11T15:06:25Zoai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8642048Revistahttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscritoPUBhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/oaimwrigley@cle.unicamp.br|| dascal@spinoza.tau.ac.il||publicacoes@cle.unicamp.br2317-630X0100-6045opendoar:2015-12-11T15:06:25Manuscrito (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)false |
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CONTEXTUALISM AND THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUAL FRAMES Bezuidenhout, Anne Semantic minimalism. Contextualism. Minimal proposition. Linguistic understanding. What is said. Contextual frames. |
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CONTEXTUALISM AND THE ROLE OF CONTEXTUAL FRAMES |
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Semantic minimalism. Contextualism. Minimal proposition. Linguistic understanding. What is said. Contextual frames. |
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Semantic minimalism. Contextualism. Minimal proposition. Linguistic understanding. What is said. Contextual frames. |
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Some part of the debate between minimalists and contextualists can be construed as merely terminological and can be resolved by agreeing to a certain division of labor. Minimalist claims are to be understood as (not necessarily correct) claims about what is needed for adequate formal compositional semantic models of language understood in abstraction from real conversational contexts. Contextualist claims are ones about how language users produce and understand utterances by manipulating features of the psychological and discourse contexts of the conversational participants in real conversational settings. However, some minimalists have attempted to engage contextualists more directly by defending a form of psychological minimalism. The minimal proposition expressed by a sentence S is construed either as the most general content shared by all possible utterances of S or as the content that expresses the fewest commitments. Both conceptions are shown to be problematic by an extended analysis of the decontextualized sentence ‘John is ready’. Finally, evidence is presented from the psychological literature to show that lack of contextual clues can seriously degrade understanding. This evidence points to the crucial role of discourse factors, such as conversational topics and other contextual framing devices, in utterance understanding. |
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