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Well-formedness is meaningfulness: Exploring an old idea
Tue Trinh (Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) Berlin)

CISCL Philosophy Seminars

November 27, 2024, 10:15am - 12:15pm

DISPOC, University of Siena [CET]

Aula 401, Complesso di San Niccolò
via Roma, 56
Siena 53100
Italy

This will be an accessible event, including organized related activities

This event is available both online and in-person

Organisers:

Antonio Negro

Università degli Studi di Siena

Salvatore Pistoia-Reda

Università degli Studi di Siena

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Title: "Well-formedness is meaningfulness: Exploring an old idea"

Abstract: The example that started modern linguistics, "colorless green ideas sleep furiously", was intended to show that well-formedness cannot be identified with meaningfulness when it comes to natural language. In this talk I explore the thesis that well-formedness is meaningfulness when it comes to natural language. Specifically, I address the question what linguists would have to say about the syntax-semantics interface in order to defend that thesis. I also consider the possible relevance of the view on language put forward by Wittgenstein in the Tractatus to this whole discussion.

Online at: https://unisi.webex.com/meet/salvatore.pistoiareda

Contacts: [email protected]

Acknowledgements: Next Generation EU, PRIN 2022, M4/C2-CUPB53D23014610001