A Davidsonian Truth-theoretic Semantics Treatment of an EkeGusii Proverb

Macrolinguistics

卷:9

Mecha,E.G.¹  I.N.Opande¹ 

[1] Kisii University, Kenya;

关键词: truth-conditions;    pragmatics;    axiomatic truth-conditional semantics;    compositionality;    radical interpretation;   

DOI  :  10.26478/ja2021.9.15.4

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention, in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGusii proverb: Nda ’indongi ereta morogi ereta moibi which exemplifies a kind of complex sentence that a given system of Semantics is meant to account for. The coverage of Davidsonian truth-conditional notion of T-convention and that of compositionality are considered to have only a partial reach in accounting for the meaning of the proverb by not incorporating pragmatic aspects. The failure of T-convention is not alleviated by the adoption of radical interpretation as posited by Davidson but is extended to consider aspects of pragmatic enrichment and dynamic Semantics.

【 授权许可】

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