Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction to Semantics - Rilegato

Chierchia, Gennaro; McConnell-Ginet, Sally

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0262032694 ISBN 13: 9780262032698

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2000

Riassunto

This self-contained introduction to natural language semantics addresses the majortheoretical questions in the field. The authors introduce the systematic study of linguistic meaningthrough a sequence of formal tools and their linguistic applications. Starting with propositionalconnectives and truth conditions, the book moves to quantification and binding, intensionality andtense, and so on. To set their approach in a broader perspective, the authors also explore theinteraction of meaning with context and use (the semantics-pragmatics interface) and address some ofthe foundational questions, especially in connection with cognition in general. They also introducea few of the most accessible and interesting ideas from recent research to give the reader a bit ofthe flavor of current work in semantics. The organization of this new edition is modular; after theintroductory chapters, the remaining material can be covered in flexible order. The book presupposesno background in formal logic (an appendix introduces the basic notions of set theory) and only aminimal acquaintance with linguistics. This edition includes a substantial amount of completely newmaterial and has been not only updated but redesigned throughout to enhance itsuser-friendliness.

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L'autore

Jean-Jacques Laffont was Professor of Economics at theUniversité des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and the InstitutUniversitaire de France and Director of the Institut d'EconomieIndustrielle.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0262032694
• ISBN 13: 9780262032698
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 573