Occasion-sensitive semantics

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Abstract

In this paper we provide a formal model for occasion-sensitive semantics motivated by so called ‘Travis cases’ (Travis 1978, 2000, 2008, 2009). We suggest that understanding of an utterance of ϕ (knowing its truth conditions) can be modelled as a twofold partitioning of worlds in logical space, where the initial partition is induced by the context-invariant meaning of the sentence uttered and the latter on the basis of context-dependent goals. Our model uses only a single parameter to capture occasion-sensitivity of sentences: practical goals.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModeling and Using Context - 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Proceedings
EditorsC. Penco, P. Brezillon, R. Turner
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages254-266
ISBN (Print)9783319578361
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2017 - Paris, France
Duration: 20 Jun 201723 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period20/06/1723/06/17

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