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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fox, Chris,
• Lappin, Shalom,

Titel

Foundations of intensional semantics

Ort / Verlag

Malden, Massachusetts : Blackwell Pub.,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2005]

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [172]-179) and index.
• Foundations of Intensional Semantics; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Alternative Approaches to Fine-Grained Intensionality; 3 Intensions as Primitives; 4 A Higher-Order, Fine-Grained Intensional Logic; 5 Property Theory with Curry Typing; 6 Number Theory and Cardinality; 7 Anaphora and Ellipsis; 8 Underspecified Interpretations; 9 Expressive Power and Formal Strength; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index;
• This book provides a systematic study of three foundational issues in the semantics of natural language that have been relatively neglected in the past few decades.; focuses on the formal characterization of intensions, the nature of an adequate type system for natural language semantics, and the formal power of the semantic representation language.; proposes a theory that offers a promising framework for developing a computational semantic system sufficiently expressive to capture the properties of natural language meaning while remaining computationally tractable.; written by two leading res
• English
• Description based on print version record.