{"product_id":"semantics-in-generative-grammar-isbn-9780631197133","title":"Semantics in Generative Grammar","description":"Written by two of the leading figures in the field, this is a lucid and systematic introduction to formal semantics. \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Truth-conditional Semantics and the Fregean Program 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Executing the Fregean Program 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Semantics and Syntax 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 More of English: Nonverbal Predicates, Modifiers, Definite Descriptions 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Relative Clauses, Variables, Variable Binding 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Quantifiers: Their Semantic Type 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Quantification and Grammar 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Syntactic and Semantic Constraints on Quantifier Movement 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Bound and Referential Pronouns and Ellipsis 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Syntactic and Semantic Binding 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 E-Type Anaphora 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 First Steps Towards an Intensional Semantics 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 313\u003c\/p\u003e  \"The reader gets the immediate impression that they are being invited to contribute to real work, which is inspiring. The style is easy to read and the exposition of many difficult and confusing topics is very clear. \u003ci\u003eSemantics in Generative Grammer\u003c\/i\u003e is really an \u003ci\u003eadvanced\u003c\/i\u003e introduction, and is a good example of how advanced-level texts should be organized...essential reading\" \u003ci\u003eJennifer Spenader, University of Groningen, The Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This elegant and thorough text will take the reader through many of the advances in linguistic semantics during the past 25 years of generative grammar. It is a fine achievement by two of the most prominent researchers, and teachers, of the subject.\" \u003ci\u003eJames Higginbotham, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book shows that natural language semantics has reached its maturity. A careful and enlightening discussion guides the reader through the intricacies of argument structure, quantification, and binding, some of the very central topics in semantics and in the syntax\/semantics interface. Traditional techniques from logic are presented in a way aimed at bringing out what is really important to the study of language. An excellent introduction for the linguist-to-be.\" \u003ci\u003eGennaro Chierchia, University of Milan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This superb new introduction to formal semantics in linguistic theory helps and invites teh serious beginner to think through arguments among potential alternatives right from the start. It's a great textbook.\" \u003ci\u003eBarbara Partee, University of Massachusetts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eIrene Heim\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Semantics of Definite and Indefinite Noun Phrases\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and, with Angelika Kratzer, is Founder and Editor of \u003ci\u003eNatural Language Semantics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngelika Kratzer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and, with Irene Heim, is Founder and Editor of \u003ci\u003eNatural Language Semantics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Written by two of the leading figures in the field, this is a lucid and systematic introduction to semantics as applied to transformational grammars of the \"Government-Binding\" model. It covers the fundamental constructions thoroughly with analyses, but goes well beyond that core, providing extensive discussion of quantification, binding and anaphora, and ellipsis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith exercises and guides to further reading, the volume will be a key text for graduate level and advanced undergraduate introductory courses in semantics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990005563621,"sku":"NP9780631197133","price":69.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631197133.jpg?v=1761786186","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/semantics-in-generative-grammar-isbn-9780631197133","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}