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1、ThisexcerptfromAnInvitationtoCognitiveScience-2ndEdition:Vol.1.LilaR.GleitmanandMarkLiberman,editors.©1995TheMITPress.isprovidedinscreen-viewableformforpersonaluseonlybymembersofMITCogNet.Unauthorizeduseordisseminationofthisinformationisexpresslyforbidden.Ifyouhaveany
2、questionsaboutthismaterial,pleasecontactcognetadmin@cognet.mit.edu.Chapter14SomePhilosophyofLanguageJamesHigginbotham "Syntactician,Semanticist,Logician,andPhilosopheroccasionallymeetovercoffeeinthecommonroom.Theyaredisciplinarypersonae,onlyoccasionallycorrelatedwitha
3、ctualpersons;so,evenwhentheyarealltogetheritisnotalwaysclearhowmanyofthemthereare.Theirconcernsmayinteractandthenseparateagain,andtheymaybeunitedinasingleperson.Thesignificantpointisthatontheseoccasionstheyareallpresentandspeakintheirseveralvoices.TheCast:SYN,SEM,LOG,
4、andPHILTheFirstDayPHIL:Well,Syn,istheprojectrollingalong?Morphemescomingoutintherightorder?SYN:Ofcoursenot,orelsewhatwouldwebeinvestigating?Besides,'evenifwecoulddescribeeverythingadequately(whichwecant),therewouldremainproblemsofexplanationandofunderstandingthenew'ph
5、enomenathatcomeintoviewasweproceed.JustnowImworried'aboutacertainsyntacticcreaturethatdoesntfitcomfortablywithourschemeofclassification,anditseemstoraisesemanticandlogicalproblemsaswell.SEM:Sayon;LogandIhavesometimebeforeourseminar.SYN:Well,asyouknow,wholeserttencesca
6、nfunctionastheobjectsofverbs.ThesimplesttypeinEnglishisthatofthefiniteortensed""complement,consistingofacompleteclauseprecededbythewordthat'(whichmaybeomitted).ThatgivesPhilsfavoriteconstructions,asinJohnbelieves(that)[snowiswhite]""""andgenerally,believesthatS,wishes
7、thatS,andsoforth.Thereisalsothenonfinitecomplementorinfinitive,asinMarywants[Johntogotothestore]'YouandPhilkeeptellingmethattheresonlyagrammaticaldifferencebetweenthetwotypes,finiteandnonfinite;thatbothfiniteandnonfinite399400Higginbotham""complementsdesignateproposit
8、ions;andsothattheverbsbelieveand""want,amongothers,expresswhatyoucallpropositionalattitudes.SEM:Yes,andtherearealsotheepiste
