Volume 19. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780262660938.

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Title

Events in the Semantics of English: A Study in Subatomic Semantics (Volume 19)

Publisher

The MIT Press

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

0262660938

ISBN 13

9780262660938

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Good

Weight

650 grams

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Synopsis

This extended investigation of the semantics of event (and state) sentences in their various forms is a major contribution to the semantics of natural language, simultaneously encompassing important issues in linguistics, philosophy, and logic. It develops the view that the logical forms of simple English sentences typically contain quantification over events or states and shows how this view can account for a wide variety of semantic phenomena.
Focusing on the structure of meaning in English sentences at a "subatomic" level - that is, a level below the one most theories accept as basic or "atomic" Parsons asserts that the semantics of simple English sentences require logical forms somewhat more complex than is normally assumed in natural language semantics. His articulation of underlying event theory explains a wide variety of apparently diverse semantic characteristics of natural language, and his development of the theory shows the importance of seeing the distinction between events and states.

About the Author

Terence Parsons is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.

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