Jeroen Groenendijk
Encyclopedia
Jeroen Groenendijk (ˈχʁunəndɛik) is a Dutch
logic
ian, linguist
and philosopher
, working on philosophy of language
, formal semantics, pragmatics
, and semantics of questions. His current work is mainly focused on studying and developing the recently founded framework of Inquisitive Semantics.
He is a member of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
(ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam. Groenendijk is a member of the group collectively publishing under the pseudonym
L. T. F. Gamut.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
logic
Logic
In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
ian, linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, working on philosophy of language
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for analytic philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language...
, formal semantics, pragmatics
Pragmatics
Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory, conversational implicature, talk in interaction and other approaches to language behavior in philosophy, sociology, and linguistics. It studies how the...
, and semantics of questions. His current work is mainly focused on studying and developing the recently founded framework of Inquisitive Semantics.
He is a member of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
The Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation is a research institute of the University of Amsterdam, in which researchers from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities collaborate....
(ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam. Groenendijk is a member of the group collectively publishing under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
L. T. F. Gamut.