Semantics /

Kearns, Kate.

Semantics / Kate Kearns. - 2nd ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xiii, 269 p. - Modern linguistic series .

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: -- 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.

"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 variety of new exercises"--

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Semantics.
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