
Type-Logical Semantics
Bob Carpenter(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 24. July 1998
Book
Hardback
598 pages
978-0-262-03248-3 (ISBN)
Description
Based on an introductory course on natural-language semantics, this book provides an introduction to type-logical grammar and the range of linguistic phenomena that can be handled in categorial grammar. It also contains a great deal of original work on categorial grammar and its application to natural-language semantics. The author chose the type-logical categorial grammar as his grammatical basis because of its broad syntactic coverage and its strong linkage of syntax and semantics. Although its basic orientation is linguistic, the book should also be of interest to logicians and computer scientists seeking connections between logical systems and natural language.The book, which stepwise develops successively more powerful logical and grammatical systems, covers an unusually broad range of material. Topics covered include higher-order logic, applicative categorial grammar, the Lambek calculus, coordination and unbounded dependencies, quantifiers and scope, plurals, pronouns and dependency, modal logic, intensionality, and tense and aspect. The book contains more mathematical development than is usually found in texts on natural language; an appendix includes the basic mathematical concepts used throughout the book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-03248-3 (9780262032483)
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Bob Carpenter
Type-Logical Semantics
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07/1998
MIT Press
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