Semantics

ISBN-13: 9780521819626 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 306 str.

Ronnie Cann; Ruth Kempson

Opis

Presents a general introduction to semantics, including the most recent developments.

Recenzje

'... an excellent introduction to natural language semantics.' Klaus von Heusinger, Universität Stuttgart, Germany

Spis treści

1. Preliminaries for model building; 2. The syntax of logical inference; 3. The semantics of logical inference; 4. Quantification and plurality; 5. Anaphora, discourse and context; 6. Time, tense and events; 7. Ellipsis as a window on context; 8. What a word can mean.