{"product_id":"semantics-as-science-isbn-9780262539951","title":"Semantics as Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introductory linguistics text takes a novel approach, one that offers educational value to both linguistics majors and nonmajors. Aiming to help students not only \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003egrasp the fundamentals of the subject but also engage with broad intellectual issues and develop general intellectual skills, \u003ci\u003eSemantics as Science\u003c\/i\u003e studies linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction. Semantics offers an excellent medium through which to acquaint students with the notion of a formal, axiomatic system—that is, a system that derives results from a precisely articulated set of assumptions according to a precisely articulated set of rules.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book develops semantic theory through the device of axiomatic T-theories, first proposed by Alfred Tarski more than eighty years ago, introducing technical elaboration only when required. It adopts Japanese as its core object of study, allowing students to explore and investigate the real empirical issues arising in the context of non-English structures, a non-English lexicon and non-English meanings. The book is structured as a laboratory science text that poses specific empirical questions, with 25 short units, each of which can be covered in one class session. The layout is engagingly visual, designed to help students understand and retain the material, with lively illustrations, examples, and quotations from famous scholars. Preface for Teachers xv\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003exxi\u003cbr\u003ePART I Setting Out 1\u003cbr\u003eUnit 1 What Is Semantics? 5\u003cbr\u003eUnit 2 The Domain of Semantics 21\u003cbr\u003eUnit 3 The Form of Semantic Theory 33\u003cbr\u003eUnit 4 Introducing T-Theories 47\u003cbr\u003ePart II Building a Semantic Theory 67\u003cbr\u003eUnit 5 Simple Sentences 71\u003cbr\u003eUnit 6 Extending the Theory I 85\u003cbr\u003eUnit 7 Extending the Theory II 95\u003cbr\u003eUnit 8 Names and Predicates 115\u003cbr\u003eUnit 9 More on Predicates 129\u003cbr\u003eUnit 10 Semantic Components 159\u003cbr\u003eUnit 11 Participant Roles 183\u003cbr\u003eUnit 12 Events and Adverbs 203\u003cbr\u003eUnit 13 More on Proper Nouns 225\u003cbr\u003ePart III Semantic Theory and the World 243\u003cbr\u003eUnit 14 Tense and Other Times 247\u003cbr\u003eUnit 15 Modals and Other Worlds 265\u003cbr\u003eUnit 16 Scope and Entailment 283\u003cbr\u003eUnit 17 Variable References and Context 303\u003cbr\u003eUnit 18 Indexicals 321\u003cbr\u003eUnit 19 \"Displaced\" Elements 341\u003cbr\u003eUnit 20 Quantifiers I (Sets) 361\u003cbr\u003eUnit 21 Quantifiers II (Determiners) 375\u003cbr\u003eUnit 22 Quantifiers III (Rules) 391\u003cbr\u003ePart IV Semantic Theory and the Mind 415\u003cbr\u003eUnit 23 T-Theories as Formal Systems 419\u003cbr\u003eUnit 24 Knowing a Semantic Theory 439\u003cbr\u003eUnit 25 The Nature of Semantic Values 449\u003cbr\u003eReferences 465\u003cbr\u003eIndex 469Richard K. Larson is Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook University and author of \u003ci\u003eGrammar as Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305198833893,"sku":"NP9780262539951","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262539951.jpg?v=1767736336","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/semantics-as-science-isbn-9780262539951","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}