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Quantification and Syntactic Theory
R. Cooper
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Description for Quantification and Syntactic Theory
Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 337.
The format of this book is unusual, especially for a book about linguistics. The book is meant primarily as a research monograph aimed at linguists who have some background in formal semantics, e. g. Montague Grammar. However, I have two other audiences in mind. Linguists who have little or no experience of formal semantics, but who have worked through a basic mathematics for linguists course (e. g. using Wall, 1972, or Partee, 1978), should, perhaps with the help of a sympathetic Montague gramma rian, be able to discover enough of how I have adapted some of the basic ideas in ... Read more
The format of this book is unusual, especially for a book about linguistics. The book is meant primarily as a research monograph aimed at linguists who have some background in formal semantics, e. g. Montague Grammar. However, I have two other audiences in mind. Linguists who have little or no experience of formal semantics, but who have worked through a basic mathematics for linguists course (e. g. using Wall, 1972, or Partee, 1978), should, perhaps with the help of a sympathetic Montague gramma rian, be able to discover enough of how I have adapted some of the basic ideas in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027718921
SKU
V9789027718921
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Reviews for Quantification and Syntactic Theory
`...C's book is an important document for students of natural language quantification, and of the relation of the syntax and semantics of natural language more generally. It leads us to consider an important foundational issue, namely, whether scope and binding are properties of syntactic or semantic descriptions. Cooper's theory illustrates some of the consequences of ... Read more