Lexical Competence (Language, Speech, and Communication)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262133334 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Win,lose, or draw it will make a significant contribution to our understandingof language use." Nicholas Rescher, University Professor of Philosophy, University ofPittsburgh"`Semantics' is a very puzzling word. Marconi's book is a remarkable attempt to make themeaning of meaning less meaningless." Umberto Eco"What does it take to understand a word? This exemplarily lucid andup-to-date book by one of the leaders of analytic philosophy's currentupsurge in continental Europe has plenty to teach philosophers, linguistsand cognitive scientists about the answer. Timothy Williamson, University of Edinburgh. It acquires different meanings in suchexpressions as Model-theoretical Semantics, Lexical Semantics, StructuralSemantics and so on. "In a manner at once learned and persuasive, Marconi's book argues that anadequate theory of language must prioritize inferential competence (theability to recognize what follows inferentially
Topics discussed include classical issues in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind such as the analytic/synthetic dichotomy, semantic holism, causal theories of reference, dual-factor theories, publicness, verificationism, and Searle's Chinese room.Language, Speech, Communication series. This monograph proposes a dual picture of human lexical competence in which inferential and referential abilities are separate--a proposal confirmed by neuropsychological research on brain- damaged persons. What does our ability to use words--that is, our lexical competence--consist of? What is the difference between a system that can be said to understand language and one that cannot? Most approaches to word meaning fail to account for an essential aspect of our linguistic competence, namely, our ability to apply words to the world. According to the author, artificial systems for natural-language understanding could come much closer to achieving their goal if they conformed to this dual picture of competence
Diego Marconi is Professor of Philosophy of Language at the University of Torino at Vercelli.
"Two Stars" according to gabri. not much getting to the point not providing exahustive definitions. A Customer said New Links between Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. Lexical competence is both ability to do the right inferences and ability to recognize objects. The traditional analysis of lexical meaning (meaning postulates, semantic networks) are unable to explain the proper working of lexical competence. Arguing against mentalistic and causal theories of meaning, Marconi gives an account of "referential" competence, stressing the role of perception in language understanding.A careful historical assessment of the basic ideas on meaning in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence brings about a rigorous cr