{"product_id":"formal-semantics-isbn-9780631215424","title":"Formal Semantics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFormal Semantics: The Essential Readings\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Portner and Barbara Partee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Montague\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Unified Analysis of the English Bare Plural 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Carlson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Barwise and Robin Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Logical Analysis of Plurals and Mass Terms 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGodehard Link\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Assertion 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert C Stalnaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Scorekeeping in a Language Game 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Adverbs of Quantification 178\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A Theory of Truth and Semantic Representation 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans Kamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 File Change Semantics and the Familiarity Theory of Definiteness 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrene Heim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 On the Projection Problem for Presuppositions 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrene Heim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Toward a Semantic Analysis of Verb Aspect and the English 'Imperfective' Progressive 261\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid R Dowty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The National Category of Modality 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngelika Kratzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Algebra of Events 324\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmmon Bach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Generalized Conjunction and Type Ambiguity 334\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Partee and Mats Rooth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Noun Phrase Interpretation and Type Shifting Principles 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara H Partee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Syntax and Semantics of Questions 382\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLauri Karttunen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Type-Shifting Rules and the Semantics of Interrogatives 421\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 On the Notion Affective in the Analysis of Negative-Polarity Items 457\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam A Ladusaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 471\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This volume contains a well-balanced selection of great papers covering fifteen vibrant years of semantic research. My own definition of a classic paper is a paper that is endlessly borrowed by students, but rarely returned. The papers in this volume all share the property that somewhere in the world somebody owns my copy of them. It's great to find them all collected here.\" \u003ci\u003eFred Landman, Tel Aviv University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Truth-conditional semantics has its roots in the work of Frege and analytic philosophy, which was designed to overcome the vagueness, ambiguities, and dubious ontological commitments of natural language. Curiously, this intellectual tradition provided the very foundation for the serious study of meaning in natural language. This collection of seminal articles bears witness to this astonishing development; it should be essential reading for linguists and philosophers who are seriously interested in linguistic meaning.\" \u003ci\u003eManfred Krifka, Humboldt University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Portner\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Acting Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University. He is the author of numerous articles on topics such as mood and modality, tense and aspect, and the syntax\/semantics interface.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara H. Partee\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is the author of several landmark essays in formal semantics. She has written and edited numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eMathematical Methods in Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alice ter Meulen and Robert Wall, 1990), \u003ci\u003eMontague Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e (edited, 1976), and \u003ci\u003eQuantification in Natural Languages\u003c\/i\u003e (edited, with Emmon Bach, Eloise Jelinek, and Angelika Kratzer, 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e  The formal semantics approach to the study of natural language semantics was developed through active dialogue between linguistically minded philosophers and philosophically minded linguists and has become increasingly integrated into theoretical linguistics. \u003ci\u003eFormal Semantics: The Essential Readings\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book covers key central themes and includes both an editorial introduction and extensive references. It is a vital resource for students and scholars of semantics and the philosophy of language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989234794725,"sku":"NP9780631215424","price":98.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631215424.jpg?v=1761783315","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/formal-semantics-isbn-9780631215424","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}