Logic in grammar : polarity, free choice, and intervention /

In a fundamental investigation of language and human reasoning Gennaro Chierchia looks at how syntactic and inferential processes interact through the study of polarity sensitive and free choice items. He reformulates the semantics of focus and scope and the pragmatics of implicature as part of the...

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Main Author: Chierchia, Gennaro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 2.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In a fundamental investigation of language and human reasoning Gennaro Chierchia looks at how syntactic and inferential processes interact through the study of polarity sensitive and free choice items. He reformulates the semantics of focus and scope and the pragmatics of implicature as part of the recursive semantic system.
Item Description:"Oxford linguistics"--Cover
Physical Description:1 online resource (481 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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