What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics - Couverture rigide

Portner, Paul H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405109173 ISBN 13 : 9781405109178

Editeur : *Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works.

• Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory
• Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language
• Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul H. Portner is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University. He is co-editor of Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings (with Barbara H. Partee, Blackwell, 2002) as well as the author of numerous articles on topics such as mood and modality, tense and aspect, and the syntax/semantics interface.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405109173
• ISBN 13: 9781405109178
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible