
Quantifiers in Language and Logic
Oxford University Press
Published on 29. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
550 pages
978-0-19-929126-7 (ISBN)
Description
Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of things or amount of stuff. In English they include such expressions as no, some, all, both, many. Peters and Westerstahl present the definitive interdisciplinary exploration of how they work - their syntax, semantics, and inferential role.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition This is a high-quality, informative, and authoritative study, offering a clear overview of the denotational semantics of natural language quantifiers, some new results, and a first frontal assault on analysing the expressive power of natural languages. A substantial, intereresting, challenging work. * Edward Keenan, UCLA * This book gives a comprehensive account of quantifiers in both natural and formal languages, drawing on both linguistics and model theory. It creates a number of paradigms, because nothing so general has been attempted before. Much of the material is new or has never appeared in book form, but the authors have taken enormous care to pitch their exposition at a level that non-specialists can follow. * Wilfrid Hodges, Queen Mary University of London *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-929126-7 (9780199291267)
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Stanley Peters | Dag Westerstahl
Quantifiers in Language and Logic
Book
04/2006
Oxford University Press
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Content
I. THE LOGICAL CONCEPTION OF QUANTIFIERS AND QUANTIFICATION; II. QUANTIFIERS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE; III. BEGINNINGS OF A THEORY OF EXPRESSIVENESS, TRANSLATION, AND FORMALIZATION; IV. LOGICAL RESULTS OF EXPRESSIBILITY WITH LINGUISTIC APPLICATIONS