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Natural language and proof-theoretic semantics : denotational ghosts in inferential machine

PEZLAR, Ivo

Basic information

Original name

Natural language and proof-theoretic semantics : denotational ghosts in inferential machine

Authors

PEZLAR, Ivo (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

5th World Congress and School on Universal Logic, 25.-30. 6. 2015, Istanbul, 2015

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Turkey

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/15:00083749

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

proof-theoretic semantics; natural language; proof theory

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 24/2/2016 17:37, Mgr. Marie Skřivanová

Abstract

V originále

In the domain of formal semantics the general “meaning as use” approach is almost exclusively limited to artificial languages (i.e., non-empirical discourse). Lately, however, this began slowly to change and attempts of providing proof-theoretic semantics for natural languages (i.e., empirical discourse) started to appear as well. In this paper we review some of the state of the art approaches to natural language analysis from the proof-theoretic semantics point of view. However, as we will show, some of these approaches still suffer from denotational pollution in various degrees. Our task will be to locate and examine these denotational “ghosts” in otherwise inferential machine and, hopefully, get rid of them.

Links

MUNI/A/1153/2014, interní kód MU
Name: Soudobé problémy a minulé podoby filozofické diskuse
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A