Language and Logics: An Introduction to the Logical Foundations of Language (Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in Linguistics)

Gregory, Howard

ISBN 10: 0748691634 / ISBN 13: 9780748691630

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language and Logics: An Introduction to the Logical Foundations of Language (Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in Linguistics)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748691634
• ISBN 13: 9780748691630
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Taking linguistics students beyond the classical forms often taught in introductory courses, Language and Logics offers a comprehensive introduction to the wide variety of useful non-classical logics that are commonly used in research.
Including a brief review of classical logic and its major assumptions, this textbook provides a guided tour of modal, many valued and substructural logics. The textbook starts from simple and intuitive concepts, clearly explaining the logics of language for linguistics students who have little previous knowledge of logic or mathematics. Issues are presented and discussed clearly before going on to introduce symbolic notation.
While not avoiding technical detail, the book focuses throughout on helping students develop an intuitive understanding of the field, with particular attention to conceptual questions and to the tailoring of logical systems to thinking about different applications in linguistics and beyond. This is an ideal introductory volume for advanced undergraduates and beginning postgraduate students in linguistics, and for those specializing in semantics.

About the Author

Howard Gregory obtained his PhD in linguistics from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, specializing in the interdisciplinary area of Language, Logic and Information. He was Lecturer in the Department of English Linguistics at the University of Göttingen from 2002-2009 and has taught in several countries in Europe and Asia. His research interests include grammatical relations, comparative linguistics, logic programming, ellipsis and dialogue modelling, and linguistic applications of relevance logic.