Foundations of intensional semantics / / Chris Fox and Shalom Lappin

• Autore: Fox Chris <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2005]; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.43
• Soggetto topico: Semantics - Data processing; Semantics; Semantics (Philosophy)
• Persona (resp. second.): LappinShalom
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [172]-179) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Foundations of intensional semantics
• ISBN: 1-281-31044-1; 9786611310448; 0-470-77354-5; 0-470-77529-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830236803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II