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Związek między gramatyką, teorią znaczenia a ontologią
Connection between grammar, ontology and semantics

Author(s): Anna Wójtowicz
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Wydział Filozofii i Socjologii, Instytut Filozofii
Keywords: situation ontology; aesthetic argument; noncompositionality principle

Summary/Abstract: In this article a certain „aesthetical” argument in favor of the situation ontology is presented. The connections between the claims concerning ontology, semantics and grammar are examined. The main thesis of the article is, that assuming the noncompositionality principle commits us to the acceptance of the primacy of situation.

  • Issue Year: 14/2006
  • Issue No: 3 (55)
  • Page Range: 111-124
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish