Logic and Lexicon | The Semantics of the Indefinite

Manfred Pinkal

ISBN 10: 9048145295 / ISBN 13: 9789048145294

Published by Springer, 2010

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Logic and Lexicon | The Semantics of the Indefinite | Manfred Pinkal | Taschenbuch | Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy | xviii | Englisch | 2010 | Springer | EAN 9789048145294 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic and Lexicon | The Semantics of the Indefinite
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048145295
• ISBN 13: 9789048145294
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 22D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 577 grams
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Synopsis

Semantic underspecification is an essential and pervasive property of natural language. This monograph provides a comprehensive survey of the various phenomena in the field of ambiguity and vagueness. The book discusses the major theories of semantic indefiniteness, which have been proposed in linguistics, philosophy and computer science. It argues for a view of indefiniteness as the potential for further contextual specification, and proposes a unified logical treatment of indefiniteness on this basis. The inherent inconsistency of natural language induced by irreducible imprecision is investigated, and treated in terms of a dynamic extension of the proposed logic.
The book is an extended edition of a German monograph and is addressed to advanced students and researchers in theoretical and computational linguistics, logic, philosophy of language, and NL- oriented AI. Although it makes extensive use of logical formalisms, it requires only some basic familiarity with standard predicate logic concepts since all technical terms are carefully explained.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German