Semantics
Subtitle: a reader
By: edited by Steven Davis and Brendan S. Gillon.
Contributors: Davis, Steven, 1937-; Gillon, Brendan S.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 921
Subjects: Semantics; Semantics (Philosophy)
Description: Contains a broad selection of classic articles on semantics and the semantics/pragmatics interface. Comprehensive in the variety and breadth of theoretical frameworks and topics that it covers, it includes articles representative of the major theoretical frameworks within semantics, including: discourse representation theory, dynamic predicate logic, truth theoretic semantics, event semantics, situation semantics, and cognitive semantics. All the major topics in semantics are covered, including lexical semantics and the semantics of quantified noun phrases, adverbs, adjectives, performatives, and interrogatives. Included are classic papers in the field of semantics as well as papers written especially for the volume. The volume comes with an extensive introduction designed not only to provide an overview of the field, but also to explain the technical concepts the beginner will need to tackle before the more demanding articles. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 867-898) and index.