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Marvin Harris
John Sexton
It makes an ideal companion to Rediscover Grammar - bridging the gap between understanding language structure and analysing it in different contexts
from the case studies and to generate a new conception of the information infrastructure that is relevant both for researchers and practitioners
EAN: 9781133693642
Subjectivity and Perspective in Truth-Theoretic Semantics japanese Marvin HarrisThis book explores linguistic and philosophical issues presented by sentences expressing personal taste, such as Roller coasters are fun, or Licorice is tasty. Standard semantic theories explain the meanings of sentences by specifying the conditions under which they are true; here, Peter Lasersohn asks how we can account for sentences that are concerned with matters of opinion rather than matters of fact. He argues that a truth theoretic semantic