Handbook of Logic and Language (The MIT Press)

J. Van Benthem and A. Ter Meulen, eds.

ISBN 10: 0262220539 / ISBN 13: 9780262220538

Published by The MIT Press January 1997, 1997

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Title: Handbook of Logic and Language (The MIT ...

Publisher: The MIT Press January 1997

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used Very Good

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Synopsis:

The twenty chapters in this book show both sides of the interaction between logic and language: how logical systems are designed and modified in response to linguistic needs, and how mathematical theory arises out of this process and affects subsequent linguistic theory.

The combined study of logic and language goes back at least as far as the Middle Ages. In the last twenty-five years it has gained momentum with the formulation of Montague semantics and Generative Syntax, and the subsequent diversification of research programs. The Handbook of Logic and Language is the first comprehensive survey of the field. The twenty chapters show both sides of the interaction between logic and language: how logical systems are designed and modified in response to linguistic needs, and how mathematical theory arises out of this process and affects subsequent linguistic theory.

Contributors
N. Asher, D. Beaver, W. Buszkowski, D. de Jongh, J. E. Fenstad, J. Groenendijk, H. Hendriks, J. Higginbotham, J. Hintikka, T. M. V. Janssen, H. Kamp, E. J. Keenan, J. T. Lønning, E. Martin, M. J. Moortgat, L. S. Moss, R. Muskens, D. Osherson, B. H. Partee, F. J. Pelletier, W. C. Rounds, G. Sandu, J. Seligman, M. Steedman, M. Stokhof, R. H. Thomason, R. Turner, J. van Benthem, J. van Eijck, A. Visser, D. Westerståhl

About the Author:

Johan F. A. K. van Benthem is Director of the Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, and Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Standford University. Alice G. B. ter Meulen is Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics and Core Faculty in Cognitive Science at Indiana University.