Quantifiers in Language and Logic

Quantifiers in Language and Logic

by Peters, Stanley

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Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of things or amount of stuff. In English they include such expressions as no, some, all, both, many. Peters and Westerstahl present the definitive interdisciplinary exploration of how they work - their syntax, semantics, and inferential role. - ;Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philos…

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  • Full title :Quantifiers in Language and Logic.

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Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of things or amount of stuff. In English they include such expressions as no, some, all, both, many. Peters and Westerstahl present the definitive interdisciplinary exploration of how they work - their syntax, semantics, and inferential role. - ;Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of t.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

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  • Description:1 online resource (549 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191516238, 0191516236
  • oclc:ocn609830337
  • LC Classification:P299.Q3
  • Dewey Decimal:121.68

Table of Contents

Contents; 0. Quantification; I: THE LOGICAL CONCEPTION OF QUANTIFIERS AND QUANTIFICATION; II: QUANTIFIERS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE; III: BEGINNINGS OF A THEORY OF EXPRESSIVENESS, TRANSLATION, AND FORMALIZATION; IV: LOGICAL RESULTS ON EXPRESSIBILITY WITH LINGUISTIC APPLICATIONS; References; Index; Index of Symbols.

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Subjects

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Qua… Langage et logique Language and logic LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Quantificateurs (Linguistique) semantics Sémantique

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Peters, Stanley Westersthl, Dag

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