The paper aims to analyze the concept of literal meaning with particular reference to the role it plays in the theoretical framework of Law theory. Te notion of literal meaning has raised a debate involving disciplinary heterogeneous fgures: legal theorists, semioticians andphilosophers of language are among the main protagonists in the unceasing process of rethinking that has this concept as its object of investigation. Te work of François Recanati, including research covered in Literal Meaning (2004), has increased the importance and value of many related issues. In particular, the relationship between literal meaning and conventions has become a major theme of essential investigation. In fact, a common practice has become that of presenting literal meanings as stable conventional meanings. Te purpose of my paper is twofold: frst, to discuss and explore some consequences of this particular way of conceiving literal meanings; second, to begin to clarify the concept of convention by showing some of the limits of its application in linguistics. Finally, in the concluding section, I will argue for a normative dimension of literal meaning by distinguishing between norms and conventions

La nozione di signifcato letterale è al centro di un dibattito che coinvolge fgure disciplinari eterogenee: teorici del diritto, studiosi di semiotica e flosof del linguaggio sono tra i principali protagonisti di un continuo lavoro di revisione teorica che ha come oggetto d’indagine questa nozione. I lavori di François Récanati, tra cui le ricerche confuite nel fondamentale Literal Meaning (2004), hanno contribuito ad accrescere e valorizzare l’importanza di molte questioni correlate. Il rapporto tra signifcato letterale e convenzioni è divenuto, in particolare, una tappa di rifessione obbligata: è frequente, infatti, presentare i signifcati letterali come signifcati stabilmente convenzionali. L’obiettivo del mio paper sarà duplice: a) discutere e approfondire alcune conseguenze di questo particolare modo di presentazione; b) chiarire preliminarmente il concetto di convenzione mostrandone alcuni limiti applicativi in ambito linguistico. Nelle conclusioni, infne, argomenterò a favore di una dimensione normativa del signifcato letterale distinguendo opportunamente tra norme e convenzioni.

La Mantia, F. (2015). Tra norme e convenzioni. Ipotesi sul senso letterale. In S. Boscolo, D. Daninos, G. Mancin, G. Pravato (a cura di), Convenzioni e convenzionalismo (pp. 29-33). Mimesis.

Tra norme e convenzioni. Ipotesi sul senso letterale

LA MANTIA, Francesco
2015-01-01

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The paper aims to analyze the concept of literal meaning with particular reference to the role it plays in the theoretical framework of Law theory. Te notion of literal meaning has raised a debate involving disciplinary heterogeneous fgures: legal theorists, semioticians andphilosophers of language are among the main protagonists in the unceasing process of rethinking that has this concept as its object of investigation. Te work of François Recanati, including research covered in Literal Meaning (2004), has increased the importance and value of many related issues. In particular, the relationship between literal meaning and conventions has become a major theme of essential investigation. In fact, a common practice has become that of presenting literal meanings as stable conventional meanings. Te purpose of my paper is twofold: frst, to discuss and explore some consequences of this particular way of conceiving literal meanings; second, to begin to clarify the concept of convention by showing some of the limits of its application in linguistics. Finally, in the concluding section, I will argue for a normative dimension of literal meaning by distinguishing between norms and conventions
Between norms and conventions. Literal meaning as a hermeneutic problem
2015
Settore M-FIL/05 - Filosofia E Teoria Dei Linguaggi
La Mantia, F. (2015). Tra norme e convenzioni. Ipotesi sul senso letterale. In S. Boscolo, D. Daninos, G. Mancin, G. Pravato (a cura di), Convenzioni e convenzionalismo (pp. 29-33). Mimesis.
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