TY - JOUR
T1 - Xunzi as a Semantic Inferentialist
T2 - Zhengmin, Bian-Shuo and Dao-Li
AU - Lin, Chung I.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - This essay argues that the idea of name-rectification (zheng ming chinese source) in the Xunzi can be properly reconstructed as revealing a normative pragmatic semantic theme that linguistic contents embody, and are embedded in, the normative, justificatory network, or pattern, of dao li chinese source (proper routes/patterns of norm) which, in turn, is constituted and manifested by social inferential justificatory practices of bian shuo chinese source (dialectical justification/explanation).
AB - This essay argues that the idea of name-rectification (zheng ming chinese source) in the Xunzi can be properly reconstructed as revealing a normative pragmatic semantic theme that linguistic contents embody, and are embedded in, the normative, justificatory network, or pattern, of dao li chinese source (proper routes/patterns of norm) which, in turn, is constituted and manifested by social inferential justificatory practices of bian shuo chinese source (dialectical justification/explanation).
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U2 - 10.1007/s11712-011-9228-z
DO - 10.1007/s11712-011-9228-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051771065
SN - 1540-3009
VL - 10
SP - 311
EP - 340
JO - Dao
JF - Dao
IS - 3
ER -