This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge and covers a wide rangeof core topics in formal semantics. Now thoroughly updated, the second edition features new chapters on semantic composition, type theory and the lambda calculus, as well as a revised discussion of Pragmatics and a variety of new exercises. KATE KEARNS Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. INDICE: Introduction - First Order Logic - The Logical Quantifiers - Formal Composition - Modality and Possible Worlds - Generalized Quantifiers - Referencial Opacity - Aktionsarten: Aspectual Classes of Events - Tense and Aspect - Thematic Roles and Lexical Conceptual Structure - Events - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23230-3
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 11/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés