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An edition of Formal Semantics (1993)

Formal semantics

an introduction

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"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 intensional 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."--Jacket.

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Formal Semantics: An Introduction
2012, Cambridge University Press
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Formal Semantics: Introduction
1993, Camb. U. P.
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1993, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-338) and index.

Published in
Cambridge, New York, NY, USA
Series
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
401/.43
Library of Congress
P325 .C28 1993

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Pagination
xvii, 344 p. :
Number of pages
344

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1707076M
ISBN 10
0521374634, 0521376106
LCCN
92008538
OCLC/WorldCat
25628732
LibraryThing
597485
Goodreads
4951095
517161

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OL4280872W

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