Meaning and Partiality - Brossura

Muskens, Reinhard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1881526798 ISBN 13: 9781881526797

Casa editrice: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1995

Riassunto

Muskens radically simplifies Montague Semantics and generalises the theory by basing it on a partial higher order logic resulting in a theory which combines important aspects of Montague Semantics and Situation Semantics. Richard Montague formulated the revolutionary insight that we can understand the concept of meaning in ordinary languages much in the same way as we understand the semantics of logical languages. Unfortunately, he formalised his idea in an unnecessarily complex way. The present work does away with unnecessary complexities, obtains a streamlined version of the theory, shows how partialising the theory automatically provides us with the most central concepts of Situation Semantics, and offers a simple logical treatment of propositional attitude verbs, perception verbs and proper names.

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Descrizione del libro

This volume's appeal lies in the development of a theory of meaning in ordinary language. This theory is strictly formalised on the basis of formal logic and the book contributes to the general discipline of Formal Semantics. Within this field it offers a synthesis between two leading paradigms, Montague Semantics and Situation Semantics.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Two type logics; 3. The logic IL; 4. PTQ revisited; 5. Going Partial I: propositional logic and predicate logic; 6. Going Partial II: type theory; 7. Situations, persistence and weak consequence; 8. Propositional attitudes; 9. Names; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1881526798
• ISBN 13: 9781881526797
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 151