Formal Semantics : The Essential Readings

Paul H Portner

ISBN 10: 0631215417 / ISBN 13: 9780631215417

Published by Wiley Okt 2002, 2002

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Neuware - The formal semantics approach to the study of natural language semantics was developed through active dialogue between linguistically minded philosophers and philosophically minded linguists and has become increasingly integrated into theoretical linguistics. Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Formal Semantics : The Essential Readings
• Publisher: Wiley Okt 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631215417
• ISBN 13: 9780631215417
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 256W x 167H x 41D millimeters 256 millimeters width by 167 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1002 grams

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Synopsis

Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.

About the Author

Paul Portner is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Acting Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous articles on topics such as mood and modality, tense and aspect, and the syntax/semantics interface.

Barbara H. Partee is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is the author of several landmark essays in formal semantics. She has written and edited numerous books, including Mathematical Methods in Linguistics (with Alice ter Meulen and Robert Wall, 1990), Montague Grammar (edited, 1976), and Quantification in Natural Languages (edited, with Emmon Bach, Eloise Jelinek, and Angelika Kratzer, 1995).