Semantics
By: Kate Kearns
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230232303
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics; Semantics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
Description: "This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge and covers a wide range of core topics in formal semantics. Now thoroughly updated, the second edition features new chapters on semantic composition, type theory and the lambda calculus, as well as a revised discussion of Pragmatics and a variety of new exercises"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: First Order Logic; title: The Logical Quantifiers; title: Formal Composition; title: Modality and Possible Worlds; title: Generalized Quantifiers; title: Referencial Opacity; title: Aktionsarten: Aspectual Classes of Events; title: Tense and Aspect; title: Thematic Roles and Lexical Conceptual Structure; title: Events; title: Bibliography; title: Index.