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Universal and language-specific aspects of "propositional attitudes": Russian vs. English

  • Anna Gladkova

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    Abstract

    In the linguistic literature inspired by the philosophical tradition, it is often assumed that the key distinction in the area of "propositional attitude" is that between "know" and "believe". The Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory of language and thought a argues that while KNOW is a universal conceptual prime, "believe" is not. It posits THINK, not "believe" as a universal counterpart of KNOW The Moscow Semantic School posits primitives ZNAT' (KNOW) and SČITAT' (which has no exact English equivalent). This chapter argues that the use of "sčitat" – and "believe" asputative primes is unjustified. It supports THINK/DUMAT' as a universal conceptual prime and it shows that the use of this element as a prime leads to much better results than the use of "sčitat".
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMental States
    Editors Schalley, A, Khlentzos, D
    Place of PublicationAmsterdam, Netherlands
    PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
    Pages61-83
    Volume2: Language and cognitive structure
    Edition1
    ISBN (Print)9789027231055, 9789027231031
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Publication series

    NameStudies in Language Companion Series (SLCS)
    Number93
    ISSN (Electronic)0165-7763

    Keywords

    • Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)

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