[Athena] Conf. D. Westerstahl, "Saussurean Compositionality", mardi 14 octobre, 14h-16h, 29 rue d'Ulm

[Virginie Bellot <Virginie.Bellot AT univ-paris1.fr>]

Dans le cadre du programme "New Ideas in Mathematical Philosophy" (Institut
d'Etudes Cognitives) et en partenariat avec l'équipe Linguae

Dag Westerståhl (Stockholm):
'Saussurean compositionality'

Mardi 14 octobre
14h-16h
salle de séminaire du DEC (RdC 29, bâtiment principal)

*Abstract*
A recent trend in semantics, with roots going back to de Saussure,  
have grammars generate form and content at the same time: sign-based  
grammars. Some see this format as merely implementing the basic idea  
of ('direct')
compositionality. In the talk I investigate how notions of compositionality
for sign-based grammars relate to compositionality in a classical setting
where the grammar generating the syntax is separate from the assignment of
meaning. One conclusion is that the two approaches are not mere notational
variants of each other; another that the sign-based version, in addition to
providing a more natural account of ambiguity and synonymy, is a more
friendly habitat for rules that are computable but not strictly
compositional.


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