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What Is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics

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by Paul H. Portner
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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul H. PortnerSeries:Fundamentals of LinguisticsPublish date:02/04/05Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781405109185ISBN-10:1405109181UPC:9781405109185Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:SemanticsSize:9.00 x 6.54 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC90WJGR9H
What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works.

  • Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory
  • Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language
  • Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781405109185ISBN-10:1405109181UPC:9781405109185Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:SemanticsSize:9.00 x 6.54 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC90WJGR9H
Paul H. Portner is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University. He is co-editor of Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings (with Barbara H. Partee, Blackwell, 2002) as well as the author of numerous articles on topics such as mood and modality, tense and aspect, and the syntax/semantics interface.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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