The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics
Published on 16. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
938 pages
978-1-108-74433-1 (ISBN)
Description
Formal semantics - the scientific study of meaning in natural language - is one of the most fundamental and long-established areas of linguistics. This Handbook offers a comprehensive, yet compact guide to the field, bringing together research from a wide range of world-leading experts. Chapters include coverage of the historical context and foundation of contemporary formal semantics, a survey of the variety of formal/logical approaches to linguistic meaning and an overview of the major areas of research within current semantic theory, broadly conceived. The Handbook also explores the interfaces between semantics and neighbouring disciplines, including research in cognition and computation. This work will be essential reading for students and researchers working in linguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science.
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'After half a century of intensive research, formal semantics has become a mature discipline taught in most linguistics departments. The Amsterdam people were among the pioneers, and they offer us what is most needed today: a comprehensive handbook covering the entire field, each chapter of which is written by a world expert. A must read for anyone interested in language.' Francois Recanati, Institut Jean Nicod, ParisMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 8 Tables, black and white; 4 Halftones, unspecified; 4 Halftones, black and white; 11 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1582 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-74433-1 (9781108744331)
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Maria Aloni | Paul Dekker
The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics
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Persons
Maria Aloni is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam. In 2001, she received her PhD from the same university. Her primary research interests lie in the area of formal semantics and pragmatics and philosophical logic. She is the author of several papers on quantification, cross-word identification, disjunction, modality, imperatives, conversational implicatures, and more. Paul Dekker is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam. He is a leading scholar and researcher in the area of formal semantics and the philosophy of language. His book Dynamic Semantics was published in 2012. His work is concerned with formal aspects of the meaning and use of natural language. His specific interests include reference, intentionality, quantification and discourse.
Content
Part I. The Landscape of Formal Semantics: 1. Formal semantics Barbara H. Partee; 2. Lexical semantics James Pustejovsky; 3. Sentential semantics Peter Pagin; 4. Discourse semantics Nicholas Asher; 5. Semantics of dialogue Jonathan Ginzburg; Part II. Theory of Reference and Quantification: 6. Reference Paul J. E. Dekker and Thomas Ede Zimmermann; 7. Generalized quantifiers Dag Westerstahl; 8. Indefinites Adrian Brasoveanu and Donka F. Farkas; 9. Plurality Rick Nouwen; 10. Genericity Ariel Cohen; Part III. Temporal and Aspectual Ontology and Other Semantic Structures: 11. Tense Atle Gronn and Arnim von Stechow; 12. Aspect Susan Rothstein; 13. Mereology Lucas Champollion and Manfred Krifka; 14. Vagueness Hans Kamp and Galit W. Sassoon; 15. Modification Louise McNally; Part IV. Intensionality and Force: 16. Negation Henriette de Swart; 17. Conditionals Paul Egre and Mikael Cozic; 18. Modality Lisa Matthewson; 19. Questions Paul Dekker, Maria Aloni and Jeroen Groenendijk; 20. Imperatives Paul Portner; Part V. The Interfaces: 21. The syntax-semantics interface Manfred Sailer; 22. The semantics-pragmatics interface Philippe Schlenker; 23. Information structure Enric Vallduvi; 24. Semantics and cognition Giosue Baggio, Keith Stenning and Michiel van Lambalgen; 25. Semantics and computation Matthew Stone.