Pragmatics and semantics : an empiricist theory / Carol A. Kates.

What is the nature of communicative competence? Carol Kates addresses this crucial linguistic question, examining and finally rejecting the rationalistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and elaborated by Jerrold J. Katz, among others. She sets forth three reasons why the rationalistic model shoudl b...

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Main Author: Kates, Carol A., 1943-
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Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1980.
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245 1 0 |a Pragmatics and semantics :  |b an empiricist theory /  |c Carol A. Kates. 
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505 0 |a Pragmatics and Semantics -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Pragmatics and Semantic: The Nature of Communicative Competence -- 1. Transformational-Generative Grammar -- 2. Semantic Grammar and Communicative Competence -- 3. Acquisition of Lexical Paradigms -- 4. Acquisition of Grammatical Paradigms -- 5. Pragmatic Structures -- The Pragmatic Structure of Predicative Acts: Topic and Comment -- Rationalistic Pragmatics: Contextual Rules -- 6. Linguistic Creativity -- Part II. An Empiricist Theory of Utterance Meaning: Philosophical Foundations 
505 8 |a 7. Phenomenological Empiricism -- 8. An Empiricist Accountof Universals -- The Formation of Classes -- The Arguments against Classical Empiricism -- 9. Universal Grammar -- 10. The Authority of Logical Truth -- Traditional Empiricism and the Problem of Psychologism -- The Law of Contradiction -- The Law of Contradiction and Logical Deduction -- 11. The Constitution of Novel Utterance Meanings: The Metaphorical Function -- Semantic Theories of Metaphor -- A Pragmatic Theory of Metaphor -- Metaphorical Creativity: Living and Dead Metaphors -- The Metaphorical Function: Conclusions -- 12. Conclusion 
520 |a What is the nature of communicative competence? Carol Kates addresses this crucial linguistic question, examining and finally rejecting the rationalistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky and elaborated by Jerrold J. Katz, among others. She sets forth three reasons why the rationalistic model shoudl be rejected: (1) it has not been supported by empirical tests; (2) it cannot accommodate the pragmatic relation between speaker and sign; and (3) the theory of universal grammar carries with it unacceptable metaphysical implications unless it is interpreted in light of empiricism. Kates proposes an empiricist model in place of the rationalistic theory--a model that, in her view, is more consistent with recent findings in linguistics and psycholinguistics. In attempting to clarify the nature of utterance meaning, Kates develops theoretical perspectives on phenomenological empiricism and produces an account of reference and intentionality directly relevant to empiricaly based theories of speaking and understanding. Among the major topics addressed in the book are transformational-generative and universal grammer, cognitive theories of language acquisition, pragmatic structure, predication and topic-comment structure, and empiricism and the philosophical problem of universals. An innovative and probing work, Pragmatics and Semantics will be welcomed by philosophers, linguists, and psycholinguists. 
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