Alex Silk

Semantics with Assignment Variables

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Produktbeschreibung

This pioneering new work combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to provide an innovative framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. Representing the forefront of research on natural language and communication, it is essential reading for academics and students in diverse fields.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781108836012
• ISBN-10: 1108836011
• Artikelnr.: 60000525

Autorenporträt

Alex Silk is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and the author of Discourse Contextualism. He has earned international recognition for research in philosophy of language, normative theory, and linguistic semantics. He is the recipient of the Sanders Prize in Metaethics and grants from the Arts & Humanities Research Council and Leverhulme Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
Part I: 2. Preliminaries
3. Standardizing Quantification
4. Attitude Ascriptions
Part II: 5. Relative Causes (I)
6. Quantifiers
7. Noun Phases
Part III: 8. Conditionals
9. Interrogatives
10. Taking Stock.