This book is an introduction to the current developments in model-theoretic semantics, which has become an essential part of the work in theoretical linguistics over the last decade. The author examines the model structure of Montague's theory and then presents elaborations on this basic model that have been of particular importance in the last few years: generalized quantifiers, the introduction of more structure in the domain of individuals, properties as primitive elements in the model, situations and similar 'smaller' worldlike entities. Nothing is presupposed about knowledge of the mathematical and logical tools used in formal semantics, and Bach presents the informal with a minimum of formalism.
| ISBN: | 9780887067723 |
| Publication date: | 24th May 1989 |
| Author: | Emmon Bach |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 150 pages |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |
This book is an introduction to the current developments in model-theoretic semantics, which has become an essential part of the work in theoretical linguistics over the last decade. The author examines the model structure of Montague's theory and then presents elaborations on this basic model that have been of particular importance in the last few years: generalized quantifiers, the introduction of more structure in the domain of individuals, properties as primitive elements in the model, situations and similar 'smaller' worldlike entities.
Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
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Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics was written by Emmon Bach and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics has 150 pages
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