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Semantics

METHOD
    * Contrast:
          everyday discourse
          science, scientific discourse
               - distinguished by method
    * Evidence
          o Observation
          o Interpretation
    * Generalisation
          o Definition
          o Induction
                + Independent evidence
                + Statistical significance
          o Explanations
    * Method space
          o Domain
                + Ontology model
                      - Objects, sets
                      - Entities, properties
                + Semiotic model
                      - Medium
                      - Content
                      - Organisation
          o Empirical methods
                + Intuition
                + Observation
                + Interpretion
          o Formal methods
                + Theory and model
                + Numerical Quantitative Parametric Continuous
                + Symbolic Qualitative Categorical Discrete
                + Precision
                      - Formalised
                      - Impressionistic
                + Computation
                      - Statistics
                      - Signal processing
                      - Symbol processinc

SEMANTICS

    * Meanings
          o Speech acts and mood
                + Statement-question
                + Pitch
                      - Intrinsic pitch (BC)
                      - Downtrends (BC)
                      - Global F0: avg, SD
          o Sense and reference
          o Connotation
    * Propositional Logic
          o Syntax
                + Atomic statements
                + Conjunctions
                      - Conjunction
                      - Disjunction
                      - Negation
                      - Conditional
                      - Biconditional
                + Nat. conjunctions

                  Formal semantics book
          o Deduction
                + Axioms
                + Rules of inference
    * Predicate Logic
          o Syntax
                + Predicates and arguments 
                + Properties
                + Relations
                      - Reflexive
                      - Symmetrical
                      - Transitive
          o Deduction
                + Axioms
                + Rules of inference
    * Interpretation
          o ILEX sign model

Notes



Dafydd Gibbon, Thu Jul 8 12:52:09 MEST 2004
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