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Burton-Roberts, Noel Carson was born on April 22, 1948 in London. Son of Paul and Josephine Burton-Roberts.
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The Limits to Debate: A Revised Theory of Semantic Presupposition (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
(Exponents and critics of semantic presupposition have alm...)
Exponents and critics of semantic presupposition have almost invariably based their discussion on the ('Standard') definition of presupposition implied by Frege and Strawson. In this study Noel Burton-Roberts argues convincingly against this definition, that leads it to a three-valued semantics. He presents a very simple semantic definition which is weaker, more general and leads to a semantics more easily interpreted as two-valued with gaps. The author shows that a wide range of intuitive facts that eluded the Standard definition follow directly from this ('Revised') definition itself: facts about the presuppositions of compound sentences and modal sentences, about presuppositional conflict and about differences in the logical status of simple sentences suffering from presupposition failure. The book includes a detailed argument that an ambiguity of natural language negation, generally assumed to be necessary to the defence of semantic presupposition, is neither possible nor necessary in a presuppositional semantics. Noel Burton-Roberts has made an authoritative contribution to a debate which has involved philosophers and linguists for many years. His command of the issues, his clarity of exposition and his theoretical insight may well serve to change the boundaries of that debate.
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(Phonological Knowledge: Conceptual and Empirical Issues) Author: Noel Burton-Roberts published on (March, 2001)
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- Analyzing Sentences: An Introduction to English Syntax (Learning About Language) (This highly successful text has established itself as a s...)
Noel Carson Burton-Roberts
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Bachelor with honors, University Kent, Canterbury, England, 1969. Master of Arts, University College London, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, University Newcastle, 1987.
Career
Research assistant University College London, 1971—1976. Senior lecturer University Trondheim, Norway, 1976—1977. Lecturer University Newcastle, England, 1977—1989, 1st lecturer England, 1989—1992, professor English language and linguistics, since 1992.
Consultant to numerous academy publications, since 1980. Editor MacMillan Publications United Kingdom, since 1987, Palgrave Publications United Kingdom, since 2001.
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The Limits to Debate: A Revised Theory of Semantic Presupposition (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
(Exponents and critics of semantic presupposition have alm...)
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Analyzing Sentences: An Introduction to English Syntax (Learning About Language)
(This highly successful text has established itself as a s...)
- (Phonological Knowledge: Conceptual and Empirical Issues) Author: Noel Burton-Roberts published on (March, 2001)
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The Limits to Debate: A Revised Theory of Semantic Presupposition (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
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Fellow: Royal Society of Arts. Member: Linguistics Association of Great British.
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Married Tessa Gillian March, 1984. 1 child Julia; Married Hilary Claire Thomas, 1973 (divorced 1983). Children: Jessica, Sophie.
