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050	0	0	_aP325 K32S 2011
100	1		_aKearns, Kate, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSemantics / _cKate Kearns
250			_aSecond edition
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2011
300			_axiii, 269 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aModern linguistics series
520			_a"This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge and covers a wide range of core topics in formal semantics. Now thoroughly updated, the second edition features new chapters on semantic composition, type theory and the lambda calculus, as well as a revised discussion of Pragmatics and a variety of new exercises"-- _cProvided by publisher
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505	0	0	_tAcknowledgements -- _tPreface to the First Edition -- _tPreface to the Second Edition -- _g1. _tIntroduction -- _g1.1. _tSemantics and pragmatics -- _g1.2. _tKinds of meaning -- _g1.2.1. _tDenotation and Sense -- _g1.2.2. _tLexical and structural meaning -- _g1.2.3. _tCategorematic and syncategorematic expressions -- _g1.3. _tTruth-conditional theories of meaning -- _g1.3.1. _tDenotations -- _g1.3.2. _tPossible worlds, extension and intension -- _g1.3.3. _tTruth conditions -- _g1.3.4. _tTruth-based relations between statements -- _g1.4. _tImplicature -- _g1.4.1. _tThe Principle of Relevance -- _g1.4.2. _tThe Principle of Informativeness -- _g1.5. _tOther contextual factors: indexicality and anaphors -- _g1.6. _tPresupposition -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g2. _tBasic Logical Tools -- _g2.1. _tRepresentations for meanings -- _g2.2. _tThe logical connectives -- _g2.2.1. _tConjunction -- _g2.2.2. _tNegation -- _g2.2.3. _tDisjunction -- _g2.2.4. _tThe material implication connective -- _g2.2.5. _tThe biconditional connective -- _g2.3. _tPredicates and arguments -- _g2.3.1. _tPredicates, verbs and the number of arguments -- _g2.3.2. _tSentences as arguments -- _g2.3.3. _tPath arguments -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g3. _tThe Logical Quantifiers -- _g3.1. _tThe universal quantifier -- _g3.2. _tThe existential quantifier -- _g3.3. _tIntersective and non-intersective adjectives -- _g3.4. _tThe logical quantifiers are interdefinable -- _g3.5. _tScope and scopal ambiguity -- _g3.5.1. _tScope and tree diagrams -- _g3.5.2. _tScopal ambiguity -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g4. _tFormal Composition -- _g4.1. _tTypes -- _g4.2. _tFunctions -- _g4.3. _tTypes of function -- _g4.4. _tLambda abstraction -- _g4.5. _tSome general rules for semantic composition -- _g4.6. _tPredicate variables -- _tSummary of rules and definitions -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g5. _tModality and Possible Worlds -- _g5.1. _tKinds of modality -- _g5.1.1. _tLogical modality -- _g5.1.2. _tEpistemic modality -- _g5.1.3. _tDeontic modality -- _g5.2. _tModality and possible worlds -- _g5.2.1. _tLogical modality and possible worlds -- _g5.2.2. _tEpistemic modality and possible worlds -- _g5.2.3. _tDeontic modality and possible worlds -- _g5.2.4. _tInterdefinability with negation -- _g5.3. _tCounterfactuals -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g6. _tGeneralized Quantifiers -- _g6.1. _tQuantification beyond first order logic -- _g6.2. _tGeneralized Quantifier Theory -- _g6.3. _tDifferent types of quantifier determiner -- _g6.3.1. _tGroup 1 and Group 2 determiners -- _g6.3.2. _tThe ambiguity of few and many -- _g6.3.3. _tFew and a few -- _g6.3.4. _tSome and several -- _g6.4. _tRestricted quantifier notation -- _g6.5. _tScopal ambiguity -- _g6.6. _tProportional determiners and discourse familiarity -- _g6.7. _tStrong and weak determiners and there BE sentences -- _g6.7.1. _tThe definiteness effect -- _g6.7.2. _tTypes of there BE sentence -- _g6.8. _tDeterminer the and definite descriptions -- _g6.8.1. _tRussell's Theory of Descriptions -- _g6.8.2. _tThe as a generalized quantifier -- _g6.8.3. _tDefinite descriptions as strong NPs -- _tFamiliarity effects -- _tDefinite descriptions in there BE contexts -- _tDefinite descriptions and scopal ambiguity -- _g6.9. _tQuantifiers and negative polarity items -- _g6.10. _tGeneralized quantifiers as lambda functions -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g7. _tReferential Opacity -- _g7.1. _tQuine's referential opacity -- _g7.2. _tModality, descriptions and names -- _g7.2.1. _tModality and names -- _g7.2.2. _tModality and descriptions -- _g7.3. _tPropositional attitudes and descriptions -- _g7.4. _tSummary: descriptions and scope -- _g7.5. _tPropositional attitudes and names -- _g7.6. _tDe re and de dicto readings with other quantifiers -- _g7.7. _tIndefinite descriptions and specificity -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g8. _tAktionsarten: Aspectual Classes of Events -- _g8.1. _tVendler's four aspectual classes -- _g8.2. _tDiagnostic tests for aktionsarten -- _g8.2.1. _tIn adverbials -- _g8.2.2. _tThe take time construction -- _g8.2.3. _tFor adverbials -- _g8.2.4. _tThe sub-interval property -- _g8.2.5. _tEntailments of the progressive -- _g8.2.6. _tDuration and the progressive -- _g8.3. _tTelicity and boundedness -- _g8.4. _tSemelfactive predicates -- _g8.5. _tAktionsarten and agentivity -- _g8.6. _tNominal and verbal aspect -- _g8.7. _tClosing comment -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g9. _tTense and Aspect -- _g9.1. _tIntroduction -- _g9.2. _tThe English verb group -- _g9.3. _tInterpretations of present, past, progressive and perfect -- _g9.3.1. _tInterpretations of the present tense -- _g9.3.2. _tInterpretations of the past tense -- _g9.3.3. _tOther forms for future and habitual -- _g9.3.4. _tInterpretations of the progressive -- _g9.3.5. _tInterpretations of the present perfect -- _tPresent time adverbials -- _tCurrent result states -- _t'Hot news' perfect -- _tContinuing state -- _g9.4. _tTense as an operator -- _g9.5. _tTense and reference to times -- _g9.6. _tReichenbach's analysis of tense -- _g9.7. _tReference to times in a narrative -- _g9.7.1. _tReference time movement -- _g9.7.2. _tState/progressive includes reference time: reference time includes bounded event -- _g9.7.3. _tIs r the same as Reichenbach's R? -- _g9.7.4. _tGeneral principles for temporal interpretation in narrative -- _g9.7.5. _tAdding tense -- _g9.8. _tClosing comment -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g10. _tThematic Roles and Lexical Conceptual Structure -- _g10.1. _tIntroduction -- _g10.2. _tTraditional thematic roles -- _g10.2.1. _tAgent/Actor and Patient -- _g10.2.2. _tLocalist roles -- _g10.2.3. _tRecipient and benefactive -- _g10.2.4. _tExperiencer and stimulus -- _g10.2.5. _tDo adjuncts have thematic roles? -- _g10.2.6. _tThemes and Patients -- _g10.2.7. _tSummary -- _g10.3. _tMore detailed analysis of thematic roles -- _g10.4. _tLexical conceptual structure and thematic roles -- _g10.4.1. _tThe action tier -- _g10.4.2. _tTheme, goal and location -- _g10.4.3. _tExperiencer and stimulus -- _g10.4.4. _tMotion event roles -- _g10.4.5. _tRecipient and benefactive -- _g10.4.6. _tSummary of theta roles in LCS -- _g10.5. _tVerb classes and LCS -- _g10.6. _tClosing comment -- _tSummary of LCS symbols and definitions with selected examples -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _g11. _tEvents -- _g11.1. _tDavidson's analysis of action sentences -- _g11.2. _tNeodavidsonian developments -- _g11.2.1. _tSeparation of direct arguments -- _g11.2.2. _tRelations to events -- _g11.2.3. _tThe adicity of verbal predicates -- _g11.3. _tEvents and perception verbs -- _g11.4. _tAdding tense and NP quantifiers -- _tExercises -- _tFurther Reading -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
650		0	_aSemantics
830		0	_aModern linguistics series (Palgrave (Firm))
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