Zeno vendler,linguistics inphilosophy, cornell university press, 1967. Computational linguistics beyond the processing of english. The role of linguistics in the philosophy of language. Zeno vendler outlined a taxonomy of verb classification which grouped verbs into four equal.
He examines some traditional problems of philosophy in an attempt to show both how they result. Zeno vendler december 22, 1921 january, 2004 was an american philosopher of language, and a founding member and former director of the department of philosophy at the university of calgary. Philosophy of linguistics download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Click download or read online button to get philosophy of linguistics book now. Grice, paul ziff, gilbert harman, leonard linsky, p.
An interdisciplinary reader in philosophy, linguistics and psychology danny d. Partee 2004b and 2005 provide an excellent account of early interactions between linguists and philosophers, so this entry focuses on contemporary literature. Some researchers privilege the distinction between verbs denoting events with an inherent end point telic and those without atelic over other aspectual distinctions. Therefore, we conclude that aspect matching in verbal groups is also better treated as an instance of multiple marking, or sharing, of the aspect value within the verbal group unless one adopts a dependency view of syntax, or reformulates the definition of agreement and revises the typology of controllers, domains and features. As with the philosophy of other special sciences, there are general topics relating to matters like methodology and explanation e. Zeno vendler presented a fourfold distinction of verb types. Linguistics in philosophy by zeno vendler linguistics in philosophy by zeno vendler pp. Philosophy and empirical linguistics, metaphilosophy 10. It will be of interest to anyone who has a passing interest in the relationship between cognition and language. Linguistic in philosophy zeno vendler download bok. A cognitive grammar account of the semantics of the english. Zeno vendler 1921 2004 was an american philosopher of language, and a founding member and former director of the department of philosophy at the university of calgary. This is a good example of vendler s erudite ability to utilize various current logicolinguistic conceptual devices, including his own inventions which had been demonstrated in his previous published works, such as linguistics and philosophy 1967.
The myth of factive verbs welcome to department of philosophy. Philosophy of linguistics stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. No knowledge of linguistics or related fields necessary. Linguistics in philosophy g reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects series. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. I this chapter was originally published in linguistics and philosophy. Quine himself said that in reading gibson he gained a welcome perspective on his own work. This is a good example of vendlers erudite ability to utilize various current logicolinguistic conceptual devices, including his own inventions which had been demonstrated in his previous published works, such as linguistics and philosophy 1967. The fact that verbs have tenses indicates that considerations involving the concept of time are relevant to their use.
He was educated there until he joined the society of jesus and trained for the priesthood in holland. It is often said, in tones of voice appropriate to the plausible but. Adjectives and nominalization 1968, and res cogitans a1972. Linguistics in philosophy hardcover june 1, 1967 by zeno vendler author see all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This article is within the scope of wikiproject philosophy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of content related to philosophy on wikipedia. Vedic literature, hinduism scriptures, dharma texts, vendler, zeno linguistics in philosophy. On linguistics in philosophy, and philosophy in linguistics. Zeno vendler, linguistics in philosophy, cornell university press. This 1978 book is a collaborative volume bringing together work in semantics from various disciplines, so that each may inform the other. Linguistics in philosophy zeno vendler cornell university press ithaca and london. Papers on philosophy from charles caton, david wiggins, william alston, h. According to zeno vendler, philososphers, and not linguists, first claimed that that knows and its kin are factive.
Zeno vendler, 19212004 zeno vendler was born in hungary in 1921. Linguistics in philosophy sorts of enquiry in methods and status of conclusions, though not in ultimate aim, may well be reduced to the vanishing point. It is reprinted here, with a few changes, by permission of d. Tense and aspect stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Vendlers 1967 book linguistics in philosophy, a collection of some of his. Zeno vendler, linguistics in philosophy philpapers. Linguistic philosophy download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. His work on lexical aspect, 1 quantifiers, 1 and nominalization 2 has been influential in the field of linguistics. Linguistics and philosophy ernest lepore and francis jeffry pelletier oger gibson has achieved as much as anyone else, indeed, more, in presenting and defending quines philosophy. These considerations are not limited merely to the obvious discrimination between past, present, and future.
Strawson, keith donnellan, zeno vendler, john searle, w. Our discussion begins with a general rationale, which we illustrate with two case studies, dealing with natural language metaphysics and with some philosophical issues in the semantics of words. If you would like to support the project, please visit the project page, where you can get more details on how you can help, and where you can join the general discussion about philosophy content on wikipedia. As with the philosophy of other special sciences, there are general topics relating to matters. The asymmetry of chineseenglish actionresult events encoding. James higginbotham 2002 linguistics and philosophy 25 56.
In english, for example, adding the morpheme ed to the verb walk, to form walked, indicates that the event denoted by the verb occurred before the present time. Reprinted with minor changes in linguistics in philosophy, by. It is also available in a pdf version published by the ucsd academic senate. This differentiates it sharply from the philosophy of language, traditionally concerned with matters of meaning and reference. Zeno vendler, linguistics in philosophy cambridge university press. His doctoral studies in philosophy were at harvard university, where he took his degree in 1959. Philosophy of linguistics is the philosophy of science as applied to linguistics. Many languages have grammatical means to indicate the time when an action or event occurs, or when a state or process holds.
Click download or read online button to get linguistic philosophy book now. Zeno vendler, linguistics in philosophy, cornell university press, 1967. Zeno vendler, linguistics in philosophy, cornell university. The myth of factive verbs welcome to department of.
1579 778 1305 448 936 243 433 739 7 1561 586 1317 730 875 559 835 1034 1404 813 983 1038 276 1084 686 415 254 338 620 1414