Meaning, Interpretation and Unlimited Semiosis

Meaning, Interpretation and Semantics

ion that is supposed to be characteristic for every empirical science. Physics studies movement on a frictionless plane, or the properties of a perfect vacuum; analogously, semantics deals with meaning and its properties on an equally abstract, yet empirical level. Or so it is assumed. But whereas physics, abstraction not withstanding, produces empirically testable predictions, it is far from c...

The Social Interpretation of Language and Meaning

Systemic Functional Linguistics provides a social perspective to language study and views language as a social semiotic resource people use to accomplish their purposes by expressing meanings in context. This paper aims to discuss the semantic aspect from the three metafunctions and the context in which meaning is

Meaning and Belief in Constitutional Interpretation

Prashant Parikh Communication, Meaning, and Interpretation

In this paper, I give definitions of Gricean communication, speaker meaning, and addressee interpretation. In order to do this, I first develop a game-theoretic model of communication which provides a set of sufficient conditions for communication. I then abstract from these to derive necessary and sufficient conditions. And finally, I base my account of speaker meaning and addressee interpreta...

Gerry Stahl Meaning and Interpretation in Collaboration

Because collaborative learning takes place through processes of shared meaning-making, CSCL must be concerned with the nature of meaning and social meaning-making practices. Philosophic analysis suggests that meanings are necessarily shared; they persist in linguistic and physical artifacts in our culture and situation. However, these meanings must be interpreted by individuals. There is a dyna...