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Continuations and natural language /

The continuation of an expression is a portion of its surrounding context. This book proposes and defends the continuation hypothesis: that the meaning of a natural language expression can depend on its own continuation (it can denote a function on its surrounding context).

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barker, Chris, 1961- (Author), Shan, Chung-Chieh (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 53.
Subjects:
Semantics.
Context (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Word order.
Semantics
Sémantique.
Contexte.
Ordre des mots.
semantics.
COMPUTERS > General.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Word order
Bedeutung
Kontext
Betekenis.
Context.
Natuurlijke taal.
Electronic books.
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Call Number: P325 .B37 2014
 
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