Title
Sémantizace pragmatiky
Code
GAČR 401/07/0451
Summary
Semantics studies meanings as abstract entities whereas pragmatics is interested in the way the user of the given language uses its expressions. One of the arguments on behalf of pragmatic conception is the claim that the meaning of an expression is universally dependent on a context. We are going to critically examine the dependence of meaning on internal (linguistic) and external context. To this end we develop a procedural theory of meaning based on the Transparent Intensional Logic and distinguish between meaning, denotation and reference. We show that the meaning proper is independent of any kind of context. By pursuing our research we are going to analyze some typical problems (like the problem of hyperintensionality, anaphora, indexicals, indefinite descriptions) which are currently supposed to be solvable only by involving pragmatics. Our aim is solving these problems by purely logical semantic means, and showing that when a sufficiently expressive logical system is used, pragmatics does not have to be involved. The theme of the project belongs to the most frequently addressed themes in the world semantic literature. Its analysis is of interest for semanticists, philosophers, logicians, linguists and even computer scientists.
Start year
2007
End year
2009
Provider
Grantová agentura ČR
Category
Obecná forma
Type
Standardní projekty
Solver
Information system of research, development and innovation (in Czech)