Katz-Fodor-semantics

From Glottopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Katz-Fodor-semantics is the first semantic theory that was proposed in the framework of generative grammar, in Katz & Fodor (1963). It assumed a semantic component that assigns semantic representations to lexical items and, by means of recursive 'projection rules', to phrases and sentences. Semantic representations are concepts which are built up from semantic primitives.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Katz, J.J. and J.A. Fodor 1963. The structure of a Semantic Theory, Language 39, 170-210, .
  • Newmeyer, F.J. 1980. Linguistic Theory in in America, Academic Press:New York etc.