LÓPEZ-ASTORGA, M.: Positions of Words and Logical Forms
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Philosophica Critica, vol. 8, 2022, no. 1, ISSN 1339-8970, pp. 20-31
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Publication date: June 15, 2022
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Abstract: There is no doubt that it is hard to give a systematic procedure to find logical forms from sentences in natural language. However, we try to offer one. Our framework is based on the theory of mental models, a psychological approach that, precisely, proposes that logical forms should be ignored in reasoning. In this way, López- Astorga’s framework still needs to be improved in certain aspects. This paper is intended to do that by considering a particular point: the order of some words, expressions, or noun phrases in sentences. Thus, it follows some of L. Talmy’s arguments in order to show that, indeed, the position of certain elements in a sentence can have an influence on its logical form.
Keywords: Linguistics – Iconic possibility – Logical form – Mental model – Semantics
DOI: 10.17846/PC.2022.8.1.20-31
Keywords: Linguistics – Iconic possibility – Logical form – Mental model – Semantics
DOI: 10.17846/PC.2022.8.1.20-31
