In this section, I have delibarately introduced and emphasized some philosophical ideas which are rarely mentioned in introductions to semantics written by linguists. I have done this because, in my view, it is impossible to evaluate even the most down-to-earth and apparently unphilosophical works in descriptive semantics unless one has some notion of the general philosopical framework within which they are written. This holds true regardless of whether the authors themselves are aware of the philosophical origins or implications of their working principles.
[John Lyons: Linguistic Semantics, 1995]
[John Lyons: Linguistic Semantics, 1995]
