From Discourse to Logic
Kamp, Hans; Reyle, U.
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGA; HPL; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Preface This book is about semantics and logic. More specifically, it is about the semantics and logic of natural language; and, even more specifically than that, it is about a particular way of dealing with those subjects, known as Discourse Representation Theory, or DRT. DRT is an approach towards natural language semantics which, some thirteen years ago, arose out of attempts to deal with two distinct problems. The first of those was the semantic puzzle that had been brought to contempo rary attention by Geach's notorious "donkey sentences" - sentences like If Pedro owns some donkey, he beats it, in ... Read more
Preface This book is about semantics and logic. More specifically, it is about the semantics and logic of natural language; and, even more specifically than that, it is about a particular way of dealing with those subjects, known as Discourse Representation Theory, or DRT. DRT is an approach towards natural language semantics which, some thirteen years ago, arose out of attempts to deal with two distinct problems. The first of those was the semantic puzzle that had been brought to contempo rary attention by Geach's notorious "donkey sentences" - sentences like If Pedro owns some donkey, he beats it, in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Number of Pages
717
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401049160
SKU
V9789401049160
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