表題番号:2017B-047 日付:2018/02/21
研究課題認知言語学における内在主義的意味観と言語哲学における外在主義的意味観の統合
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 文学学術院 文化構想学部 准教授 酒井 智宏
研究成果概要
Whereas Frege’s impact on modern semantics (and pragmatics) is uncontroversial, it is generally assumed that the scope of the Fregean framework is confined to formal semantics (and pragmatics) as opposed to cognitive semantics, or more broadly, cognitive linguistics. This research explored to what extent Frege’s notion of sense/thought (Sinn/Gedanke) is compatible with Langacker’s notion of construal. As regards singular terms like “the morning star” / “the evening star”, the compatibility of the two models is indisputable; the sense/construal of a singular term corresponds to a particular way of thinking or viewing its reference. Even though Frege’s position on predicates like “horse” / “steed” is not so straightforward, his model can be construed in such a way as to be no less fine-grained than Langacker’s. The parallel between sense and construal finally collapses when grammatical constructions appear on the scene. Although he detects differing meaning in pairs of truth-conditionally equivalent sentences, Frege relegates it to the realm of the tone, a realm which belongs to “what is beautiful in language” or “poetic eloquence”. If, despite Frege’s notorious dichotomy between science/logic and fiction/poetry, the integration of the tone with the sense is feasible, then Frege may count as one of the founders, albeit a marginal one, of cognitive linguistics, in that he explicitly provided, more than one century ago, detailed descriptions of those aspects of meaning that cognitivists are pursuing today.