The Variability of Truth Value in English Conditional Sentences

ISBN-13: 9783639301496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 80 str.

Yemisi Famakinwa

Opis

The book examines the way truth - value changes in English conditional sentences. It also determines the role of conditionals in ascertaining the truth - value of English conditional sentences.The approach is semantics. The analysis of some of the samples collected was based on Tarskis theory of analysing truth - value in English conditional sentences. The study has four chapters. Chapter One deals the aim and objectives of the study, the approach adopted and the methodology. The approach adopted is that of Semantics. Chapter Two is the literature review. The views of major scholars on truth-conditional and truth-functional semantics is examined. Scholars views on issues like concepts, proposition, definite descriptions, sense, denotation, connotation, antonymy, synonymy, hyponymy, modality and conditional sentences, modal verbs and conditional clauses, hypothetical and counterfactualconditionals are discussed. Chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretation of data.Chapter Four summarizes major findings of the study.

O autorze

Yemisi Famakinwa is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She teaches Semantics and Grammar.