PHIL 3225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Janet, Principle Of Compositionality, Polysemy
21 Feb 2018
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Szab : section 1: g. szab , "adjectives in context," section 1 (pages 119-122) The meaning of a complex expression is determined by two things: the meanings of its constituents (= lexical meanings, the manner in which these constituents are combined. The basic reason for thinking that is true pc: Competent speakers routinely understand complex expressions they have never heard before. Such understanding can only be explained if we assume that linguistic competence requires implicit grasp of a system of rules that assign meanings to complex expressions on the basis of the meanings of their constituents. David and janet both utter the sentence: "i was born in pennsylvania. "" Janet was: so the truth-value of david"s utterance is false & the truth-value of janet"s utterance is true, likewise, the proposition david expresses is false & the proposition janet expresses is true. Phonetic illusion: different expressions articulated in the same way e. g. "sinking boats can be entertaining. "
