Formal Semantics by Paul H Portner
Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics."Truth-conditional semantics has its roots in the work of Frege and analytic philosophy, which was designed to overcome the vagueness, ambiguities, and dubious ontological commitments of natural language. Curiously, this intellectual tradition provided the very foundation for the serious study of meaning in natural language. This collection of seminal articles bears witness to this astonishing development; it should be essential reading for linguists and philosophers who are seriously interested in linguistic meaning." Manfred Krifka, Humboldt University
Paul Portner is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Acting Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous articles on topics such as mood and modality, tense and aspect, and the syntax/semantics interface.
Barbara H. Partee is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is the author of several landmark essays in formal semantics. She has written and edited numerous books, including Mathematical Methods in Linguistics (with Alice ter Meulen and Robert Wall, 1990), Montague Grammar (edited, 1976), and Quantification in Natural Languages (edited, with Emmon Bach, Eloise Jelinek, and Angelika Kratzer, 1995).
SKU | NIN9780631215424 |
ISBN 13 | 9780631215424 |
ISBN 10 | 0631215425 |
Title | Formal Semantics |
Author | Paul H Portner |
Series | Linguistics: The Essential Readings |
Condition | New |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Year published | 2002-09-16 |
Number of pages | 496 |
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