Contrastive Semantics
This research group is a platform for concerted action to promote, at the levels of teaching, supervision, and research, the study of meaning cross-linguistically, in Oslo and in a broader context, nationally and internationally.
About the group
Research in Contrastive Semantics at the University of Oslo
Since Summer 2009, the community of linguists doing research in semantics across languages at the University of Oslo, predominantly based at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), have been working under the mantle of the Oslo Research Group in Contrastive Semantics (org:cs).
Our work is guided by three common beliefs:
- The meaning of a complex expression is a function of the meanings of its parts, from sublexical morphemes to clausal constituents - semantics is built in tandem with syntax.
- The interpretation of a discourse is highly dependent on how context fixes content, on the mix of explicit and implicit information, and on communicative needs and circumstances.
- Prospects for progress in the study of natural language meaning are greatly enhanced by paying close attention to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in different languages.
Published Aug 31, 2010 01:10 PM
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