15.1531, Books: Linguistic Theories: Kracht

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Date:  Wed, 12 May 2004 05:41:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:  julia.ulrich at degruyter.com
Subject:  The Mathematics of Language: Kracht

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Date:  Wed, 12 May 2004 05:41:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:  julia.ulrich at degruyter.com
Subject:  The Mathematics of Language: Kracht




Title: The Mathematics of Language
Series Title: Studies in Generative Grammar 63

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher:	Mouton de Gruyter
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Author: Marcus Kracht

Hardback: ISBN: 3110176203, Pages: x, 570, Price: Europe EURO 98.00

			
Abstract:

This book studies language(s) and linguistic theories from a
mathematical point of view. Starting with ideas already contained in
Montague's work, it develops the mathematical foundations of present
day linguistics. It equips the reader with all the background
necessary to understand and evalu-ate theories as diverse as Montague
Grammar, Categorial Grammar, HPSG and GB. The mathematical tools are
mainly from universal algebra and logic, but no particular knowledge
is presupposed beyond a certain mathematical sophistication that is in
any case needed in order to fruitfully work within these theories.

The presentation focuses on abstract mathematical structures and their
compu-tational properties, but plenty of examples from different
natural languages are provided to illustrate the main concepts and
results. In contrast to books devoted to so-called formal language
theory, languages are seen here as semiotic systems, that is, as
systems of signs. A language sign correlates form with meaning. Using
the principle of compositionality it is possible to gain substantial
insight into the interaction between form and meaning in natural
languages.


Lingfield(s):	Linguistic Theories,
		Semantics,
		Syntax
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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