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Superparticles: A Microsemantic Theory, Typology, and History of Logical Atoms

Superparticles: A Microsemantic Theory, Typology, and History of Logical Atoms

Mitrovic, Moreno

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Book 98

PhilosophyGrammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 9402420495
ISBN13: 9789402420494
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 9 2020
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book is all about the captivating ability that the human language has to express intricately logical (mathematical) meanings using tiny (microsemantic) morphemes as utilities. Languages mark meanings with identical inferences using identical particles and these particles thus creep up in a wide array of expressions. Because of their multi-tasking capacity to express seemingly disparate meanings, they are dubbed Superparticles. These particles are perfect windows into the interlock of several grammatical modules and the nature of the interaction of these modules through time. With a firm footing in the module where grammatical bones are built and assembled (narrow morpho-syntax), superparticles acquire varied interpretation (in the conceptual-intentional module - semantics) depending on the structure they fea- ture in. What is more, some of the interpretations these particles trigger are inferential and belong, under the standard account, to the realm of pragmatics. How can suchtiny particles, rarely exceeding a syllable of sound, have such powerful and over-arching effects across the inter-modular grammatical space? This is the Platonic background against which this book is set.

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