Meaning and Grammar, Second Edition An Introduction to Semantics

Name: Meaning and Grammar, Second Edition An Introduction to Semantics
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ISBN: 9780262531641

ISBN-10: 026253164X

ISBN-13: 9780262531641

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Gennaro Chierchia, Sally Mcconnell-Ginet

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This introduction to natural language semantics addresses the major theoretical questions in the field. The authors introduce the systematic study of linguistic meaning through a sequence of formal tools and their linguistic applications.

Book details

List price: $70.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Preface


Preface to the Second Edition



The Empirical Domain of Semantics



Denotation, Truth, and Meaning



Quantification and Logical Form



Speaking, Meaning, and Doing



Intensionality



Contexts: Indexicality, Discourse, and Presupposition



Lambda Abstraction



Word Meaning



Generalized Quantifiers



Set-Theoretic Notation and Concepts


Notes


References


Index