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Teoria reprezentacji dyskursu a kontekstualizm
Discourse Representation Theory and contextualism

Author(s): Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: contextualism; discourse represenatation structure (DRS); discourse representation theory (DRT)

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I informally present Discourse Representation Theory (DRT) and assess its usefulness for contextualism. First I sketch DRT’s analysis of nominal and temporal anafora, definite descriptions, proper names, universal statements, conditionals and negated statements. Next I discuss some philosophical consequences of DRT and consider whether analysis offered by this theory can be used in the debate between semantic minimalism and contextualism.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 5-26
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish