Sens, référence et existence : que faire de l'extra-linguistique ? - article ; n°127 ; vol.31, pg 9-37

Langages - Année 1997 - Volume 31 - Numéro 127 - Pages 9-37
Should linguistics encompass the real ? Some think it shouldn't, but can we conceive of a meaning disconnected from its reference ? We only have access to the world such as we perceive it, not to the objective world, and what matters is that a stable intersubjective community can agree on its representation. ~~Referential semantics~~ presupposes a language which is oriented towards « the outside » . The fact that this exstant outside is firmly structured by language does not mean one should consider it as a mere discursive object. Referential conceptions postulate a homogeneous meaning. Our contention, however, is that meaning is heterogeneous and that according to the type of expression used it pertains either to a descriptive model, or to an instructional model, or on occasion to both.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.