Occasion-sensitive semantics

Tamara Dobler

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_20

Occasion-sensitive semantics

Tamara Dobler

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	Modeling and Using Context
Subtitle of host publication	10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, June 20-23, 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Carlo Penco, Patrick Brezillon, Roy Turner
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	254-266
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319578378
ISBN (Print)	9783319578361
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_20
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2017 - Paris, France Duration: 20 Jun 2017 → 23 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10257 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Name	International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context
Publisher	Springer
Volume	2017

Conference

Conference	10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2017
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	20/06/17 → 23/06/17

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Dobler, T. (2017). Occasion-sensitive semantics. In C. Penco, P. Brezillon, & R. Turner (Eds.), Modeling and Using Context: 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, June 20-23, 2017, Proceedings (pp. 254-266). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10257 LNAI), (International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context; Vol. 2017). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_20

Dobler, Tamara. / Occasion-sensitive semantics. Modeling and Using Context: 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, June 20-23, 2017, Proceedings. editor / Carlo Penco ; Patrick Brezillon ; Roy Turner. Springer Nature, 2017. pp. 254-266 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). (International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context).

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Dobler, T 2017, Occasion-sensitive semantics. in C Penco, P Brezillon & R Turner (eds), Modeling and Using Context: 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, June 20-23, 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10257 LNAI, International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, vol. 2017, Springer Nature, pp. 254-266, 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, 20/06/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_20

Occasion-sensitive semantics. / Dobler, Tamara.
Modeling and Using Context: 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, June 20-23, 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Carlo Penco; Patrick Brezillon; Roy Turner. Springer Nature, 2017. p. 254-266 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10257 LNAI), (International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context; Vol. 2017).

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Dobler T. Occasion-sensitive semantics. In Penco C, Brezillon P, Turner R, editors, Modeling and Using Context: 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2017, Paris, France, June 20-23, 2017, Proceedings. Springer Nature. 2017. p. 254-266. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). (International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context). Epub 2017 May 4. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_20

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