In the philosophy of language and metaphysics, metasemantics is the study of the foundations of natural language semantics (the philosophical study of meaning). Metasemantics searches for "the proper understanding of compositionality, the object of truth-conditional analysis, metaphysics of reference, as well as, and most importantly, the scope of semantic theory itself" and asks "how it is that expressions become endowed with their semantic significance".
See also
- Metasyntax
- Metapragmatics
References
- Alexis Burgess, Brett Sherman (eds.), Metasemantics: New Essays on the Foundations of Meaning, Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 29 n. 13.
- "Review of Metasemantics: New Essays on the Foundations of Meaning". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
- Stainton, Robert J. Philosophical Perspectives on Language. Peterborough, Ont., Broadview Press, 1996, p. 36.
- Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Meaning in Linguistic Interaction: Semantics, Metasemantics, Philosophy of Language, Oxford University Press, 2016, p. viii.
- Ori Simchen, Semantics, Metasemantics, Aboutness, Oxford University Press, 2017, p. xiii.
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In the philosophy of language and metaphysics metasemantics is the study of the foundations of natural language semantics the philosophical study of meaning Metasemantics searches for the proper understanding of compositionality the object of truth conditional analysis metaphysics of reference as well as and most importantly the scope of semantic theory itself and asks how it is that expressions become endowed with their semantic significance See alsoMetasyntax MetapragmaticsReferencesAlexis Burgess Brett Sherman eds Metasemantics New Essays on the Foundations of Meaning Oxford University Press 2014 p 29 n 13 Review of Metasemantics New Essays on the Foundations of Meaning Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Stainton Robert J Philosophical Perspectives on Language Peterborough Ont Broadview Press 1996 p 36 Kasia M Jaszczolt Meaning in Linguistic Interaction Semantics Metasemantics Philosophy of Language Oxford University Press 2016 p viii Ori Simchen Semantics Metasemantics Aboutness Oxford University Press 2017 p xiii This philosophy related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
