The book shows how a redesigned and modernised version of the DTM can deliver a new solution to the problem of defining linguistic meaning and that the theory can be understood as a new type of functional role semantics. The defining feature of the DTM is that it presents meaning as product of constraints on the usage of words. According to the DTM meaning is not use, but the avoidance of misuse. Philosophers of language and researchers with an interest in how languages and the mind work will find this book a fascinating read.  weiterlesen