Semantics

An Introduction to Meaning in Language

Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Eleni Gregoromichelaki (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-81962-6 (ISBN)

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The study of meaning in language has developed dramatically over the last fifty years. Semantics is distinctive as it not only presents a general introduction to the topic, including the most recent developments, but it also provides a unique perspective for addressing current issues. It opens by introducing readers to the study of logic (natural deduction) as the background against which developments have taken place. This demonstrates the link between semantics and the study of reasoning and how this view can provide new solutions to the puzzles that have plagued the approaches presented in other textbooks. The major subject areas of semantics are discussed, including quantification, anaphora and discourse, tense and aspect, ellipsis and context, and word meaning. The book also presents state-of-the-art research in topics at the forefront of semantics.

Ronnie Cann is a Reader in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. Ruth Kempson is a Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Philosophy at King's College London. Eleni Gregoromichelaki is a Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at King's College London.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.5.2009
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 255 mm
Gewicht	760 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
ISBN-10	0-521-81962-8 / 0521819628
ISBN-13	978-0-521-81962-6 / 9780521819626
Zustand	Neuware