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Autore |
Fox Chris <1965-> |
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Foundations of intensional semantics / / Chris Fox and Shalom Lappin |
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Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2005] |
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©2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-31044-1 |
9786611310448 |
0-470-77354-5 |
0-470-77529-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Semantics - Data processing |
Semantics |
Semantics (Philosophy) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [172]-179) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foundations of Intensional Semantics; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Alternative Approaches to Fine-Grained Intensionality; 3 Intensions as Primitives; 4 A Higher-Order, Fine-Grained Intensional Logic; 5 Property Theory with Curry Typing; 6 Number Theory and Cardinality; 7 Anaphora and Ellipsis; 8 Underspecified Interpretations; 9 Expressive Power and Formal Strength; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a systematic study of three foundational issues in the semantics of natural language that have been relatively neglected in the past few decades.; focuses on the formal characterization of intensions, the nature of an adequate type system for natural language semantics, and the formal power of the semantic representation language.; proposes a theory that offers a promising framework for developing a computational semantic system sufficiently expressive to capture the properties of natural language meaning while remaining computationally tractable.; written by two leading res |
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