Directival Theory of Meaning: From Syntax and Pragmatics to Narrow Linguistic Content

This book presents a new approach to semantics based on Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz’s Directival Theory of Meaning (DTM), which in effect reduces semantics of the analysed language to the combination of its syntax and pragmatics. The author argues that the DTM was forgotten because for many years philosophers didn’t have conceptual tools to appreciate its innovative nature, and that the theory was far ahead of its time.

The book shows how a redesigned and modernised version of the DTM can deliver ...