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Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 14:59:31
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics: Aloni, Dekker (eds.)

Title: The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/cambridge-handbook-formal-semantics?format=PB 

Editor: Maria Aloni
Editor: Paul Dekker

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108744331 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 49.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108744331 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 37.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108744331 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 44.34

Abstract:

Formal semantics - the scientific study of meaning in natural language - is
one of the most fundamental and long-established areas of linguistics. This
Handbook offers a comprehensive, yet compact guide to the field, bringing
together research from a wide range of world-leading experts. Chapters include
coverage of the historical context and foundation of contemporary formal
semantics, a survey of the variety of formal/logical approaches to linguistic
meaning and an overview of the major areas of research within current semantic
theory, broadly conceived. The Handbook also explores the interfaces between
semantics and neighbouring disciplines, including research in cognition and
computation. This work will be essential reading for students and researchers
working in linguistics, philosophy, psychology and computer science.

Part I. The Landscape of Formal Semantics: 1. Formal semantics Barbara H.
Partee; 2. Lexical semantics James Pustejovsky; 3. Sentential semantics Peter
Pagin; 4. Discourse semantics Nicholas Asher; 5. Semantics of dialogue
Jonathan Ginzburg; Part II. Theory of Reference and Quantification: 6.
Reference Paul J. E. Dekker and Thomas Ede Zimmermann; 7. Generalized
quantifiers Dag Westerståhl; 8. Indefinites Adrian Brasoveanu and Donka F.
Farkas; 9. Plurality Rick Nouwen; 10. Genericity Ariel Cohen; Part III.
Temporal and Aspectual Ontology and Other Semantic Structures: 11. Tense Atle
Grønn and Arnim von Stechow; 12. Aspect Susan Rothstein; 13. Mereology Lucas
Champollion and Manfred Krifka; 14. Vagueness Hans Kamp and Galit W. Sassoon;
15. Modification Louise McNally; Part IV. Intensionality and Force: 16.
Negation Henriëtte de Swart; 17. Conditionals Paul Egré and Mikaël Cozic; 18.
Modality Lisa Matthewson; 19. Questions Paul Dekker, Maria Aloni and Jeroen
Groenendijk; 20. Imperatives Paul Portner; Part V. The Interfaces: 21. The
syntax-semantics interface Manfred Sailer; 22. The semantics-pragmatics
interface Philippe Schlenker; 23. Information structure Enric Vallduví; 24.
Semantics and cognition Giosuè Baggio, Keith Stenning and Michiel van
Lambalgen; 25. Semantics and computation Matthew Stone.

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics

Written In: English  (eng)

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