{"product_id":"compositionality-in-formal-semantics-isbn-9781405109352","title":"Compositionality in Formal Semantics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompositionality in Formal Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of Barbara Partee’s papers that have been influential in the field but are not readily available and includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her thinking and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together, in one volume, influential but difficult to find papers by one of the most important researchers in formal semantics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her research and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses critical themes in semantic theory.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Reflections of a Formal Semanticist 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Opacity, Coreference, and Pronouns 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Some Structural Analogies Between Tenses and Pronouns in English 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Toward the Logic of Tense and Aspect in English \u003ci\u003ewith Michael Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Bound Variables and Other Anaphors 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Anaphora and Semantic Structure \u003ci\u003ewith Emmon Bach\u003c\/i\u003e 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Compositionality 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Appendix B Genitives – A case study 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ambiguous Pseudoclefts with Unambiguous \u003ci\u003eBe \u003c\/i\u003e190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Noun Phrase Interpretation and Type-Shifting Principles 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Airport Squib: \u003ci\u003eAny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlmost\u003c\/i\u003e, and superlatives 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Many Quantifiers 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Binding Implicit Variables in Quantified Contexts 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Weak NPs in HAVE Sentences 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Some Puzzles of Predicate Possessives \u003ci\u003ewith Vladimir Borschev\u003c\/i\u003e 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 316\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Barbara H. Partee is the founding mother of linguistic semantics as it is practiced today, and this collection of many of her classic papers shows why she has been so influential. The combination of theoretical insight with her legendary ability to find just the right example to make a point is evident throughout. And, as a bonus, the collection begins with a wonderful memoir of the turbulent time when semantics was getting its start.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert Stalnaker, MIT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Two different audiences will be delighted with this book: those who read the classic papers gathered here when they first appeared and those who did not but are heirs to the rich semantics tradition in formal linguistics that Barbara H. Partee established with those papers and with her irresistible enthusiasm for systematic investigation of linguistic meaning. Partee's keen semantic insights, her flair for telling examples, her intellectual generosity, her clear-headedness, and her pedagogical talents are evident throughout, not just in the vintage pieces but also in the introductory essay she's written and in the couple of articles published more recently. This volume belongs on every semanticist's shelf.\" \u003ci\u003eSally McConnell-Ginet, Cornell University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003eFormal Semantics: The Essential Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Paul Portner, Blackwell, 2002), \u003ci\u003eMathematical Methods in Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alice ter Meulen and Robert Wall, 1990), and \u003ci\u003eMontague Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e (edited, 1976).  Barbara H. Partee has played a central role in developing the now-flourishing field of formal semantics, bringing the formal semantic approach developed by logicians together with a linguistically sophisticated account of the syntax of natural languages. She has continued to be a major contributor to semantics, offering general ideas that have helped to clarify the character of the enterprise as well as imaginative and persuasive detailed analyses. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompositionality in Formal Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of Partee’s papers that have been influential in the field but are not all readily available, and includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her thinking and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years. This collection is invaluable both for understanding the history and evolution of the field and for its contribution to ongoing research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988960887013,"sku":"NP9781405109352","price":93.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405109352.jpg?v=1761782219","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/compositionality-in-formal-semantics-isbn-9781405109352","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}