In this paper Gärdenfors’s geometric approach to meaning in natural language is compared to Jackendoff's algebraic one, and this is done against the backdrop of formal semantics. Ultimately, the paper tries to show that Jackendoff's framework is to be preferred to all others. The paper proceeds as follows. In Section 2, the common theoretical commitments of Gärdenfors and Jackendoff are outlined, and it is attempted to argue briefly that they are on the right track. In Section 3, the basics of the two frameworks to be compared are laid out, and it is assessed how they deal with some central issues in semantic theory, namely reference and truth, lexical decomposition, and compositionality. In Section 4, we get into the nitty-gritty of how Gärdenfors and Jackendoff actually proceed in semantic analysis, using an example of a noun and a verb (embedded in a sentence). In Section 5, the merits of Gärdenfors's empiricism when it comes to word learning and concept acquisition are assessed and compared to the moderate nativism of Jackendoff, and it is argued that Jackendoff's nativism is to be preferred. In the sixth section, the semantic internalism common to both frameworks is commented on.
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Vremenski adverbijali heterogena su skupina izraza čija je distribucija i funkcija nalik onima leksičke kategorije priloga, a kojima se izražavaju različiti aspekti kognitivne kategorije vremena. Polazeći od Kleinova određenja ovih izraza (1994; 2009a), u radu se predlaže klasifikacija hrvatskih adverbijala položaja u vremenu, kojima je svojstveno smještanje događaja na vremensku os. U analizi se uzimaju u obzir neki hrvatski adverbijali položaja koji smještaju događaj u prošlost – tada, u poss vrijeme, u svoje vrijeme, jednom, nekoć i nekad(a). Razmatraju se primjeri njihove uporabe u korpusu hrWaC (Ljubešić i Klubička 2014), a u analizi načina na koji istraživani adverbijali smještaju događaj na vremensku os primjenjuje se Haspelmathov (1997) pristup vremenskim adverbijalima te se komentiraju njihova svojstva anaforičnosti i/ili deiktičnosti. U radu se daju neka zapažanja o vremenskom određenju istraživanih izraza i predlažu kriteriji na temelju kojih je moguće klasificirati i razlikovati hrvatske adverbijale položaja u vremenu.
异质性临时状语是一组功能分布类似于演讲类的表达方式,表达时间认知类的不利方面。通过偏离克莱因的具体术语(1994;2009a),该工作提出了克罗地亚语hadveral位置的时间分类,其中临时轴发生在其自身的住处。U analizi se uzimaju U obzir neki hrvatski adverbijali položajakoji smještaju doga dj aj U prošlost–tada,U poss vrijeme,U svojevrijme,jednom,nekoći nekad(a)。他们正在考虑他们在hrWaC中的u se的碎片化(Ljubescic和Klubička,2014),并且毫不拖延地,调查的广告事件在时间上的使用方式,Haspelmatov(1997)可以接触到时间广告商,并被推荐用于回指和/或低效。注意研究表达和建议的时间设置数据,在此基础上,它可以在时间上与克罗地亚状语进行分类和区分。
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