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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      26 February 1993
      ISBN:
      9781139166317
      9780521374637
      9780521376105
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166317
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.677kg, 364 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 364 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Computer Science, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics, Computing: General Interest
      Series:
      Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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    Subjects:
    Computer Science, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics, Computing: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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    Book description

    This book provides a clear and accessible introduction to formal, and especially Montague, semantics within a linguistic framework. It presupposes no previous background in logic, but takes the student step-by-step from simple predicate/argument structures and their interpretation through to Montague's intentional logic. It covers all the major aspects, including set theory, propositional logic, type theory, lambda abstraction, traditional and generalised quantifiers, inference, tense and aspect, possible worlds semantics, and intensionality. Throughout the emphasis is on the use of logical tools for linguistic semantics, rather than on purely logical topics, and the introductory chapter situates formal semantics within the general framework of linguistic semantics. It assumes some basic knowledge of linguistics, but aims to be as non-technical as possible within a technical subject. Formal Semantics will be welcomed by students of linguistics, artificial intelligence and cognitive science alike.

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    Contents

    Contents
    • Frontmatter
      pp i-viii
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    • Contents
      pp ix-xi
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    • List of figures
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    • Preface
      pp xiii-xiv
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    • List of symbols
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    • 1 - INTRODUCTION
      pp 1-26
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    • 2 - PREDICATES AND ARGUMENTS
      pp 27-53
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    • 3 - NEGATION AND CO-ORDINATION
      pp 54-81
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    • 4 - TYPE THEORY
      pp 82-111
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    • 5 - THE LAMBDA OPERATOR
      pp 112-149
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    • 6 - QUANTIFICATION
      pp 150-196
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    • 7 - INFERENCE
      pp 197-232
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    • 8 - TIME, TENSE AND ASPECT
      pp 233-262
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    • 9 - POSSIBLE WORLDS
      pp 263-281
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    • 10 - INTENSIONAL SEMANTICS
      pp 282-322
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    • Answers to selected exercises
      pp 323-332
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    • References
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    • Index
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