Eugeniu Coşeriu and Jaakko Hintikka – an Imaginary Dialogue on the Specifics of Natural Language Cover Image

Eugeniu Coşeriu şi Jaakko Hintikka – un dialog imaginar asupra specificului limbajului natural
Eugeniu Coşeriu and Jaakko Hintikka – an Imaginary Dialogue on the Specifics of Natural Language

Author(s): Maria Ştefănescu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: integral linguistics; formal logic; natural language; language as calculus; inter-subjectivity

Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts to contrast E. Coseriu’s and J. Hintikka’s views on the defining characteristics of natural language. I shall argue that, when assessed from the standpoint of Coseriu’s integral linguistics, Hintikka’s conception of ‘language as calculus’ proves inadequate as a description of the properties and functioning of natural language.

  • Issue Year: 12/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Romanian