Compositional semantics

Compositional semantics: an introduction to the syntax/semantics interface

by Jacobson, Pauline I.

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  • Full title :Compositional semantics : an introduction to the syntax/semantics interface / Pauline Jacobson.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.
  • Edition:First edition

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191664830, 0191664839, 1322154082, 9781322154084
  • oclc:ocn891980897
  • LC Classification:P325.5.C626
  • Dewey Decimal:401/.43

Table of Contents

Cover; Compositional Semantics: An Introduction to the Syntax/Semantics Interface; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword: On Using this Book; PART I: Foundational Concepts: Building a Fragment; 1: Introduction; 1.1. Goals; 1.1.1. Compositional semantics and (some of) the goals of semantic theory; 1.1.2. Direct Compositionality-and its role in this text; 1.2. A brief note on the history of semantics within modern linguistic theory; 1.3. The notion of a "fragment" and its use in this text; *1.4. An intriguing puzzle; 1.5. Appendix: Sets and Functions

1.5.1. Sets, members, and subsets1.5.2. Union, intersection, and complement; 1.5.3. Ordered pairs, relations, equivalence relations, and partitions; 1.5.4. Functions; 2: Semantic foundations; 2.1. Model-theoretic semantics; 2.2. Truth conditions; 2.3. Possible worlds; 2.3.1. Introducing the notion; 2.3.2. Characteristic function of a set; 2.3.3. Notation and terminology; 2.3.4. Talking about worlds; 2.4. Times; 3: Compositionality, Direct Compositionality, and the syntax/semantics interface; 3.1. Building a fragment: First steps; 3.2. Implicatures vs truth conditions

3.3. Folding in worlds (and times)3.4. Negation…

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Subjects

Compositionality (Linguistics) Compositionnalité (Linguistique) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Semantics semantics Sémantique

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Jacobson, Pauline I.

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