Corpus MethodsA New Horizon for the Experimental Philosophy of Language

  1. Bordonaba Plou, David 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso

ISSN: 0719-4242 0719-4234

Año de publicación: 2023

Título del ejemplar: No. 21 (2023)

Número: 21

Páginas: 107-128

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.22370/RHV2023ISS21PP107-128 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso

Resumen

El objetivo de este trabajo es doble. Primero, investigar y evaluar la situación en la que se encuentra actualmente la filosofía experimental del lenguaje. Para ello, expondré las dos metodologías predominantes en el campo: los cuestionarios y los métodos de corpus, mostrando los problemas comunes y los específicos. Segundo, defender que los métodos de corpus suponen un nuevo horizonte metodológico para la investigación en filosofía experimental del lenguaje por dos razones. Por un lado, porque cuentan con menos problemas que los cuestionarios. Por otro lado, porque tienen ciertas ventajas adicionales: i) consideran una cantidad mayor de evidencia; ii) al emplearlos tenemos la posibilidad de contar con información adicional que puede iluminar otros aspectos de la investigación; iii) cuentan con una mayor replicabilidad.

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