命令式的首选语义

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-07-27 DOI:10.3765/sp.13.6

W. Starr

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摘要

祈使句，比如Dance!似乎不代表世界。最近的模态分析挑战了这一观点，但其直观和历史的吸引力仍然很强。本文提出了非代表性分析的三个新挑战，表明它面临的障碍甚至比以前所认识的更陡峭。我认为非表征主义者应对这三个挑战的唯一方法是采用动态语义学。这里提出了这样一个动态语义:命令式引入了选项之间的偏好。这种意义表征关注的是一个句子在话语中的功能，而不是这个句子指的是什么(例如，世界的一种状态)。通过以共同的动态格式表示祈使句、连接词和陈述句的含义，可以满足非表征主义提出的挑战。早期访问

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A preference semantics for imperatives

Imperative sentences like Dance! do not seem to represent the world. Recent modal analyses challenge this idea, but its intuitive and historical appeal remain strong. This paper presents three new challenges for a non-representational analysis, showing that the obstacles facing it are even steeper than previously appreciated. I will argue that the only way for the non-representationalist to meet these three challenges is to adopt a dynamic semantics . Such a dynamic semantics is proposed here: imperatives introduce preferences between alternatives. This characterization of meaning focuses on what function a sentence serves in discourse, rather than what that sentence refers to (e.g., a state of the world). By representing the meaning of imperatives, connectives and declaratives in a common dynamic format, the challenges posed for non-representationalism are met. EARLY ACCESS

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.