Formal Semantics of Natural Language

Edward L. Keenan

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511897696

A volume of studies in natural language semantics which brings together work by philosophers, logicians and linguists. The main topics treated are: quantification and reference in natural language; the relations between formal logic, programming languages and natural language; pragmatics and discourse meaning; surface syntax and logical meaning. The volume derives from a colloquium organised in 1973 by the Kings College Research Centre, Cambridge and the papers have been edited for publication by Professor Keenan. It is hoped that the collection will make available some of the best work in this fast-moving field and will stimulate further progress by juxtaposing the different approaches and interests represented here.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Notes on the contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
pp xiii-xiv
- By E.L.K.
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I - QUANTIFICATION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE
pp 1-2
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Adverbs of quantification
pp 3-15
- By David Lewis
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Deletion and variable binding
pp 16-34
- By Barbara Hall Partee
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A semantics for superficial and embedded questions in natural language
pp 35-45
- By R. D. Hull
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Sortal quantification
pp 46-58
- By J. E. J. Altham, Neil W. Tennant
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II - REFERENCE AND CROSS REFERENCE
pp 59-60
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Deixis as the source of reference
pp 61-83
- By John Lyons
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Referential constraints on lexical items
pp 84-98
- By Pieter Seuren
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On generics
pp 99-111
- By Östen Dahl
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Quantifiers, definite descriptions, and reference
pp 112-120
- By Colin Biggs
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III - INTENSIONAL LOGIC AND SYNTACTIC THEORY
pp 121-122
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Two theories about adjectives
pp 123-155
- By J. A. W. Kamp
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Partial interpretations
pp 156-174
- By Franz Von Kutschera
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Subcategorization of adnominal and adverbial modifiers
pp 175-187
- By Renate Bartsch
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Should generative semantics be related to intensional logic?
pp 188-204
- By Carl H. Heidrich
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Transformational semantics
pp 205-216
- By Arnim von Stechow
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IV - QUESTIONING MODEL THEORETIC SEMANTICS
pp 217-218
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Model theoretic semantics and natural language
pp 219-240
- By Nicholas Jardine
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Model theory and linguistics
pp 241-250
- By Timothy C. Potts
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V - PRAGMATICS AND SENTENCES IN CONTEXT
pp 251-252
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Pragmatics in natural logic
pp 253-286
- By George Lakoff
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Changing the context
pp 287-296
- By Stephen Isard
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Conditions of the use of sentences and a semantic representation of topic and focus
pp 297-312
- By Petr Sgall
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Topics, sentence accent, ellipsis: a proposal for their formal treatment
pp 313-328
- By Theo Vennemann
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Preference semantics
pp 329-348
- By Yorick Wilks
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