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"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 v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kearns, Kate
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Modern linguistics series (Palgrave (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction
  • First Order Logic
  • The Logical Quantifiers
  • Formal Composition
  • Modality and Possible Worlds
  • Generalized Quantifiers
  • Referencial Opacity
  • Aktionsarten: Aspectual Classes of Events
  • Tense and Aspect
  • Thematic Roles and Lexical Conceptual Structure
  • Events
  • Bibliography
  • Index.