The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention,in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGu...The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention,in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGusii proverb:Nda’indongi ereta morogi ereta moibi which exemplifies a kind of complex sentence that a given system of Semantics is meant to account for.The coverage of Davidsonian truth-conditional notion of T-convention and that of compositionality are considered to have only a partial reach in accounting for the meaning of the proverb by not incorporating pragmatic aspects.The failure of T-convention is not alleviated by the adoption of radical interpretation as posited by Davidson but is extended to consider aspects of pragmatic enrichment and dynamic Semantics.展开更多
This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn ...This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn from“Mawaidha na Bi.Msafwari”a programme aired on Citizen TV(a Kenyan TV station)every Saturday evening after the seven o’clock news.The metaphors are then subjected to analysis using The Conceptual Metaphor Theory.The study concludes that marriage is construed in different ways by Kenyan Swahili speakers,it is conceptualized as a house,an eatery,a prison,a school,a journey,a road,a body,a government/kingdom,a garden,a war,a relationship and as a baby.The various conceptualizations by Kenyans determine their attitudes and general orientation towards marriage.展开更多
文摘The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention,in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGusii proverb:Nda’indongi ereta morogi ereta moibi which exemplifies a kind of complex sentence that a given system of Semantics is meant to account for.The coverage of Davidsonian truth-conditional notion of T-convention and that of compositionality are considered to have only a partial reach in accounting for the meaning of the proverb by not incorporating pragmatic aspects.The failure of T-convention is not alleviated by the adoption of radical interpretation as posited by Davidson but is extended to consider aspects of pragmatic enrichment and dynamic Semantics.
文摘This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn from“Mawaidha na Bi.Msafwari”a programme aired on Citizen TV(a Kenyan TV station)every Saturday evening after the seven o’clock news.The metaphors are then subjected to analysis using The Conceptual Metaphor Theory.The study concludes that marriage is construed in different ways by Kenyan Swahili speakers,it is conceptualized as a house,an eatery,a prison,a school,a journey,a road,a body,a government/kingdom,a garden,a war,a relationship and as a baby.The various conceptualizations by Kenyans determine their attitudes and general orientation towards marriage.
