Synthetic Syntax, Meaning, and Philosophical Questions
Synthetic Syntax, Meaning, and Philosophical Questions

Author(s): Paul Rastall
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Philology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Syntax; complex linguistic signs; signs; semantics; communicational reality; linguistic perspectives;
Summary/Abstract: Syntax is seen as the synthetic construction of complex linguistic signs bringing together different areas of experience through the sign function, and is integrated with semantics to account for communicational reality and the nature of meaning. The disposing factors at the interface between experience and verbal means in the application of signs are investigated with detailed examples. The analysis of verbal constructs provides linguistic perspectives on a range of philosophical issues, and illuminates the role of language in what it is to be human. The work consists of thematically related papers, and takes a broadly Saussurean/functionalist “European” approach.

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