Logic 1 : Elements of Analysis of the Language and exercises [ LFILO1130 ]

The final mark is awarded on the basis of the results from volume 1 (course) and volume 2 (exercises) in the following way :
Where one or both parts have been failed, the global mark is the weaker of the two.
Where both parts have been passed, the global mark is calculated according to an 60 (vol.1) / 40 (vol.2) weighting.

The course starts with a review of the traditional tripartition of the study of  language in grammar, logic and rhetoric, or in syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

Then, it studies the nature of  language and indicates certain functions of it. With regard to nature, it insists on the distinctions between languages and  faculty of language, and artificial language and natural language. Various conceptions of the function of  language are presented:  language as a  tool of analysis of thought and reality;    language as  a communication tool;  language as  a form  of action: performatives and speech acts.

The central part of the course is devoted to the examination of the differences between  grammatical analysis and logico-philosophical analysis , which includes a presentation and a comparison of  (onto) logical  categories and  grammatical  categories,  and also of logical and grammatical  structures.

The course ends by drawing a parallel between old analysis, as present in the theory of the syllogisms, and contemporary analysis.