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The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory


The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory


Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics 2. Aufl.

von: Shalom Lappin, Chris Fox

53,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 29.07.2015
ISBN/EAN: 9781118882191
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 784

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The second edition of <i>The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory</i> presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics.<br /><br /> <ul> <li>Features completely new content from the first edition of <i>The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory</i></li> <li>Features contributions by leading semanticists, who introduce core areas of contemporary semantic research, while discussing current research</li> <li>Suitable for graduate students for courses in semantic theory and for advanced researchers as an introduction to current theoretical work</li> </ul>
<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I Quantifiers, Scope, Plurals, and Ellipsis </b>7</p> <p>1 Generalized Quantifiers in Natural Language Semantics 9<br /><i>Dag Westerst</i><i>åhl</i></p> <p>2 Scope 40<br /><i>Chris Barker</i></p> <p>3 Plurals 77<br /><i>Yoad Winter and Remko Scha</i></p> <p>4 Ellipsis 114<br /><i>Ruth Kempson, Ronnie Cann, Arash Eshghi, Eleni Gregoromichelaki, and Matthew Purver</i></p> <p><b>Part II Modification, Presupposition, Tense, and Modality </b><b>141</b></p> <p>5 Adjectival Modification and Gradation 143<br /><i>Daniel Lassiter</i></p> <p>6 Presupposition and Implicature 168<br /><i>Christopher Potts</i></p> <p>7 The Semantics of Tense and Aspect: A Finite-State Perspective 203<br /><i>Tim Fernando</i></p> <p>8 Conditionals and Modality 237<br /><i>Magdalena Kaufmann and Stefan Kaufmann</i></p> <p><b>Part III Nondeclaratives </b>271</p> <p>9 Semantics of Questions 273<br /><i>Andrzej Wi</i><i>śniewski</i></p> <p>10 The Semantics of Imperatives 314<br /><i>Chris Fox</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Type Theory and Computational Semantics </b><b>343</b></p> <p>11 Constructive Type Theory 345<br /><i>Aarne Ranta</i></p> <p>12 Type Theory with Records for Natural Language Semantics 375<br /><i>Robin Cooper and Jonathan Ginzburg</i></p> <p>13 Curry Typing, Polymorphism, and Fine-Grained Intensionality 408<br /><i>Shalom Lappin</i></p> <p>14 Semantic Complexity in Natural Language 429<br /><i>Ian Pratt-Hartmann</i></p> <p>15 Implementing Semantic Theories 455<br /><i>Jan van Eijck</i></p> <p>16 Vector Space Models of Lexical Meaning 493<br /><i>Stephen Clark</i></p> <p>17 Recognizing Textual Entailment 523<br /><i>Mark Sammons</i></p> <p><b>Part V Interfaces </b><b>559</b></p> <p>18 Natural Logic 561<br /><i>Lawrence S. Moss</i></p> <p>19 The Syntax-Semantics Interface: Semantic Roles and Syntactic Arguments 593<br /><i>Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin</i></p> <p>20 Reference in Discourse 625<br /><i>Andrew Kehler</i></p> <p>21 Probabilistic Semantics and Pragmatics: Uncertainty in Language and Thought 655<br /><i>Noah D. Goodman and Daniel Lassiter</i></p> <p>22 Semantics and Dialogue 687<br /><i>David Schlangen</i></p> <p>23 Semantics and Language Acquisition 714<br /><i>Eve V. Clark</i></p> <p>Author Index 735</p> <p>Subject Index 745</p>
<p>“The second edition of <i>The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory </i>surveys the field from a completely fresh perspective, with a new emphasis on formalisms and methods, and a closer focus on a wider range of phenomena than its distinguished predecessor. It will be read by linguists, philosophers, computational linguists, cognitive scientists, and others seeking to comprehend the continuing developments and rapid progress that have occurred in this area over the intervening decades.”</p> <p><b>Mark Steedman</b>, University of Edinburgh, UK</p>
<p><b>Shalom Lappin</b> is Emeritus Professor of Computational Linguistics at King's College London, UK, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Member of the Academia Europaea. He is currently Director of the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Visiting Professor in the Cognitive Science Group in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London, UK. He is co-editor, with Alexander Clark and Chris Fox, of <i>The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing</i> (Wiley Blackwell, 2010), co-author, with Alexander Clark, of <i>Linguistic Nativism and the Poverty of the Stimulus</i> (Wiley Blackwell, 2011), and co-author of <i>Foundations of Intensional Semantics</i> (with Chris Fox, Blackwell, 2005). <p><b>Chris Fox</b> is a Reader in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK. He is the author of <i>The Ontology of Language</i> (2000) and co-author of <i>Foundations of Intensional Semantics</i> (with Shalom Lappin, Blackwell, 2005).
<p>"The second edition of <i>The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory</i> surveys the field from a completely fresh perspective, with a new emphasis on formalisms and methods, and a closer focus on a wider range of phenomena than its distinguished predecessor. It will be read by linguists, philosophers, computational linguists, cognitive scientists, and others seeking to comprehend the continuing developments and rapid progress that have occurred in this area over the intervening decades."</br> <b>Mark Steedman,</b> University of Edinburgh, UK <p>The study of the semantics of natural language has evolved rapidly over the last two decades. Reflecting great strides made in the field, the second edition of <i>The</i> <i>Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory</i> presents a detailed and systematic view of cutting-edge research, methodologies, and developments in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics. New and revised contributions by leading international semanticists highlight the radical shift in methods and theories that now shape linguistic semantic research. These include the application of modern computational techniques, type theory, and probabilistic models—methodologies that capture previously untapped subtleties of meaning and interpretation in natural language. The chapters of the <i>Handbook</i> also show these recent innovations have brought semantics into closer collaboration with ongoing research in computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. <p>Forward-looking and timely, the second edition of <i>The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory</i> provides insights into the bold new ideas that are now shaping research in semantic theory.

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