Universität Bielefeld - Sonderforschungsbereich 360
An Intensional Dynamic Semantics for Polysemy,
Sense Extension and Metaphor
Trinity College Dublin, Dept. of Computer Science
Monday, May 31st, 1999
16 c.t. Uhr, Hörsaal 10
An intensional logic with dynamic interpretation is presented in order
to provide a formal semantics for sense extension, polysemy and
metaphoricity. Intensionality is required in order to provide the
right account of polysemy. The dynamics are required in order to
allow the interpretation of a sentence to impact the interpretation of
subsequent sentences by adding any extended expressions.
Metaphoricity is captured in the classification of indices at which
expressions are evaluated. It is argued that the simple
reclassification of indices is the appropriate way to capture the
drift in the feeling of metaphor from being novel and "living" to
being "dead" and literal. This abstract presents the structure of the
system and explains how it works. The design of an experiment intended
to verify aspects of the model is also presented.
Anke Weinberger, 1999-05-27