Semantics : Critical Concepts in Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9780415266321 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 2616 str.

Gutierrez-Rexach; Javier Gutierrez-Rexach

Opis

This set brings together the most important contributions to semantic theory ranging from Gottlob Frege's 1892 essay "On Sense and Reference" to recent cutting-edge scholarship from leading journals in the field.
The collection is structured around three major themes:
* Fundamental notions, the relations between semantics and grammar and the relations between meaning and cognition
* The semantics of basic grammatical constructions and structures, such as the semantics of determiners, nouns, adjectives and related topics including quantifier scope and the definiteness/indefiniteness distinction.
* Topics related to sentential and discourse semantics: events and thematic roles, tense, aspect and modality, negation, ellipsis, questions, pronouns and the semantics/pragmatics interface

Spis treści

Volume I: Foundational Issues
Truth and Denotation
Semantics and Grammar
Volume II:
Generalized Quantifiers and Scope
Volume III: Noun Phrase Classes
Indefiniteness and Definiteness
Plurals and Mass Nouns
Volume IV: The Semantics of Predicates and Inflection
Part A: Events, Aspect and Thematic Roles
Tense and Modality
Volume V: Operators and Sentence Types
Part A: Adjectives, Degrees and Comparatives
Part B: Negation and Negative Polarity Items
Part C: Questions
Volume VI: Discourse and Dynamics
Part A: Topic and Focus
Part B: Pronouns and Anaphora
Part C: The Semantics / Pragmatics Interface