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Word Meaning and Montague Grammar

Author : D. R. Dowty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400994737
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Word Meaning and Montague Grammar by : D. R. Dowty

Download or read book Word Meaning and Montague Grammar written by D. R. Dowty and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most general goal of this book is to propose and illustrate a program of research in word semantics that combines some of the methodology and results in linguistic semantics, primarily that of the generative semantics school, with the rigorously formalized syntactic and semantic framework for the analysis of natural languages developed by Richard Montague and his associates, a framework in which truth and denotation with respect to a model are taken as the fundamental semantic notions. I hope to show, both from the linguist's and the philosopher's point of view, not only why this synthesis can be undertaken but also why it will be useful to pursue it. On the one hand, the linguists' decompositions of word meanings into more primitive parts are by themselves inherently incomplete, in that they deal only in distinctions in meaning without providing an account of what mean ings really are. Not only can these analyses be made complete by a model theoretic semantics, but also such an account of these analyses renders them more exact and more readily testable than they could ever be otherwise.

Montague Grammar

Author : Barbara H Partee
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483277690
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Montague Grammar written by Barbara H Partee and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montague Grammar is a collection of papers that discusses Richard Montague's work on the syntax and semantics of natural languages. The papers examine the applications of Montague's theory to problems of syntax and semantics, and compares Montague's approach to other theories of language. One paper describes the features in Montague's "The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English" (PTQ), namely, the grammatical categories and lexicon, the rules most similar to CF-rules, and the treatment of quantification. Another paper presents mechanisms to Montague's grammatical framework which will allow a variety of English constructions—especially those involving sentence embedding. The paper discusses syntactic rules, such as noun phrases, verb phrases, subject-predicate sentences, variable binding, abstracts, verbs taking infinitive complements, the copula, participles. One paper describes a fragment of English that is a variation and extension of the fragment presented in Montague. It also analyses adjectival phrases, three-place and other kinds of verbs, the passive voice, reflexive pronouns, and sentences using the dummy subject "it." Another paper proposes rules, syntactics, and semantics for use in nonrestrictive clauses in a Montague grammar. One paper analyzes factives, their semantic and syntactic properties using the work of Kiparsky and Kiparsky (1971). Montague's "Universal Grammar" (UG) invokes expositions of Montague syntax, Cooper syntax, theorems on conversion process, semantic interpretation, semantic equivalence of the two systems, and interpretive semantics. The collection is intended for readers of Montague, as well as for linguists, philosophers, and students of language.

Linguistics, Philosophy, and Montague Grammar

Author : Steven Davis
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292771622
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Linguistics, Philosophy, and Montague Grammar written by Steven Davis and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents significant developments in the field of Montague Grammar and outlines its past and future contributions to philosophy and linguistics. The contents are as follows: Introduction by Steven Davis and Marianne Mithun Emmon Bach, "Montague Grammar and Classical Transformational Grammar" Barbara H. Partee, "Constraining Transformational Montague Grammar: A Framework and a Fragment" James D. McCawley, "Helpful Hints to the Ordinary Working Montague Grammarian" Terence Parsons, "Type Theory and Ordinary Language" David R. Dowty, "Dative 'Movement' and Thomason's Extensions of Montague Grammar" Muffy E. A. Siegel, "Measure Adjectives in Montague Grammar" Michael Bennett, "Mass Nouns and Mass Terms in Montague Grammar" Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof, "Infinitives and Context in Montague Grammar" James Waldo, "A PTQ Semantics for Sortal Incorrectness"

Introduction to Montague Semantics

Author : D. R. Dowty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400990650
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Introduction to Montague Semantics by : D. R. Dowty

Download or read book Introduction to Montague Semantics written by D. R. Dowty and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book we hope to acquaint the reader with the fundamentals of truth conditional model-theoretic semantics, and in particular with a version of this developed by Richard Montague in a series of papers published during the 1960's and early 1970's. In many ways the paper 'The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English' (commonly abbreviated PTQ) represents the culmination of Montague's efforts to apply the techniques developed within mathematical logic to the semantics of natural languages, and indeed it is the system outlined there that people generally have in mind when they refer to "Montague Grammar". (We prefer the term "Montague Semantics" inasmuch as a grammar, as conceived of in current linguistics, would contain at least a phonological component, a morphological component, and other subsystems which are either lacking entirely or present only in a very rudi mentary state in the PTQ system. ) Montague's work has attracted increasing attention in recent years among linguists and philosophers since it offers the hope that semantics can be characterized with the same formal rigor and explicitness that transformational approaches have brought to syntax. Whether this hope can be fully realized remains to be seen, but it is clear nonetheless that Montague semantics has already established itself as a productive para digm, leading to new areas of inquiry and suggesting new ways of conceiving of theories of natural language. Unfortunately, Montague's papers are tersely written and very difficult to follow unless one has a considerable background in logical semantics.

Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Languages

Author : Franz Guenthner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400997752
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Languages by : Franz Guenthner

Download or read book Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Languages written by Franz Guenthner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection are the outgrowth of a workshop, held in June 1976, on formal approaches to the semantics and pragmatics of natural languages. They document in an astoundingly uniform way the develop ments in the formal analysis of natural languages since the late sixties. The avowed aim of the' workshop was in fact to assess the progress made in the application of formal methods to semantics, to confront different approaches to essentially the same problems on the one hand, and, on the other, to show the way in relating semantic and pragmatic explanations of linguistic phenomena. Several of these papers can in fact be regarded as attempts to close the 'semiotic circle' by bringing together the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties of certain constructions in an explanatory framework thereby making it more than obvious that these three components of an integrated linguistic theory cannot be as neatly separated as one would have liked to believe. In other words, not only can we not elaborate a syntactic description of (a fragment of) a language and then proceed to the semantics (as Montague pointed out already forcefully in 1968), we cannot hope to achieve an adequate integrated syntax and semantics without paying heed to the pragmatic aspects of the constructions involved. The behavior of polarity items, 'quantifiers' like any, conditionals or even logical particles like and and or in non-indicative sentences is clear-cut evidence for the need to let each component of the grammar inform the other.

Foundations and Applications of Montague Grammar

Author : Theo M. V. Janssen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations and Applications of Montague Grammar written by Theo M. V. Janssen and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Logic as Grammar

Author : Norbert Hornstein
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262081375
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis Logic as Grammar by : Norbert Hornstein

Download or read book Logic as Grammar written by Norbert Hornstein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is the meaning of natural language interpreted? Taking as its point of departure the logical problem of natural language acquisition, this book elaborates a theory of meaning based on syntactical rather than semantical processes. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Type Logical Grammar

Author : G.V. Morrill
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401110425
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Type Logical Grammar by : G.V. Morrill

Download or read book Type Logical Grammar written by G.V. Morrill and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out the foundations, methodology, and practice of a formal framework for the description of language. The approach embraces the trends of lexicalism and compositional semantics in computational linguistics, and theoretical linguistics more broadly, by developing categorial grammar into a powerful and extendable logic of signs. Taking Montague Grammar as its point of departure, the book explains how integration of methods from philosophy (logical semantics), computer science (type theory), linguistics (categorial grammar) and meta-mathematics (mathematical logic ) provides a categorial foundation with coverage including intensionality, quantification, featural polymorphism, domains and constraints. For the first time, the book systematises categorial thinking into a unified program which is at once both logically secured, and a practical tool for pure lexical grammar development with type-theoretic semantics. It should be of interest to all those active in computational linguistics and formal grammar and is suitable for use at advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels.

Papers in Montague Grammar

Author : Robert Rodman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers in Montague Grammar written by Robert Rodman and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ergativity in Inuktitut (Eskimo), in Montague Grammar and in Relational Grammar

Author : Marion R. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis Ergativity in Inuktitut (Eskimo), in Montague Grammar and in Relational Grammar by : Marion R. Johnson

Download or read book Ergativity in Inuktitut (Eskimo), in Montague Grammar and in Relational Grammar written by Marion R. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of Logic and Language

Author : Johan F.A.K. van Benthem
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444537279
Total Pages : 1169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (445 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Logic and Language by : Johan F.A.K. van Benthem

Download or read book Handbook of Logic and Language written by Johan F.A.K. van Benthem and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 1169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The logical study of language is becoming more interdisciplinary, playing a role in fields such as computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and game theory. This new edition, written by the leading experts in the field, presents an overview of the latest developments at the interface of logic and linguistics as well as a historical perspective. It is divided into three parts covering Frameworks, General Topics and Descriptive Themes. Completely revised and updated - includes over 25% new material Discusses the interface between logic and language Many of the authors are creators or active developers of the theories

Philosophy and Grammar

Author : S. Kanger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940099012X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and Grammar written by S. Kanger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the several dozens of symposia held on the occasion of the quincentennial of U ppsala University, there was included one symposium devoted to the theme of 'Philosophy and Grammar'. A selection of the most important papers delivered at this symposium have been collected in this volume. The papers need no introduction, but the inclusion of two of them in this collection requires a brief comment. First, the paper by von Wright, although not directly concerned with the central topic of the symposium, has been included because it was the terminating speech of the six parallel symposia (including the symposium on 'Philosophy and Grammar') held by the Humanities Faculty and moreover, because the raison d'etre of the Humanities is analyzed in this paper by a very prominent Swedish-speaking philosopher. Second, Professor Hintikka was unable to participate. In view of his expertise in the field, we nevertheless requested him to contribute a paper, so to speak, post factum. This he very generously did. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all who participated and/or helped to carry the sessions through to a successful conclusion. We also wish to extend a special thanks to Professor Roman lakobson of Harvard University, who assumed the responsibility of General Chairman of the symposium.

Foundations and Applications of Montague Grammar

Author : Theodoor Maria Victor Janssen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations and Applications of Montague Grammar written by Theodoor Maria Victor Janssen and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis of Language

Author : Dino Buzzetti
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027245258
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis of Language by : Dino Buzzetti

Download or read book Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis of Language written by Dino Buzzetti and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together papers originally presented at a seminar series on Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis, held at the University of Bologna in 1984. The seminars aimed at considering various aspects of the interplay between linguistic theories on the one hand, and theories of meaning and logic on the other. The point of view was mainly historical, but a theoretical approach was also considered relevant. Theories of grammar and related topics were taken as a focal point of interest; their interaction with philosophical reflections on languages was examined in presentations dealing with different authors and periods, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Prolog and Natural-language Analysis

Author : Fernando C. N. Pereira
Publisher : Microtome Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0971977704
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (719 download)

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Book Synopsis Prolog and Natural-language Analysis by : Fernando C. N. Pereira

Download or read book Prolog and Natural-language Analysis written by Fernando C. N. Pereira and published by Microtome Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Continuations and Natural Language

Author : Chris Barker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191664928
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Continuations and Natural Language written by Chris Barker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes concepts developed by researchers in theoretical computer science and adapts and applies them to the study of natural language meaning. Summarizing more than a decade of research, Chris Barker and Chung-chieh Shan put forward the Continuation Hypothesis: that the meaning of a natural language expression can depend on its own continuation. In Part I, the authors develop a continuation-based theory of scope and quantificational binding and provide an explanation for order sensitivity in scope-related phenomena such as scope ambiguity, crossover, superiority, reconstruction, negative polarity licensing, dynamic anaphora, and donkey anaphora. Part II outlines an innovative substructural logic for reasoning about continuations and proposes an analysis of the compositional semantics of adjectives such as 'same' in terms of parasitic and recursive scope. It also shows that certain cases of ellipsis should be treated as anaphora to a continuation, leading to a new explanation for a subtype of sluicing known as sprouting. The book makes a significant contribution to work on scope, reference, quantification, and other central aspects of semantics and will appeal to semanticists in linguistics and philosophy at graduate level and above.

The Logic of Categorial Grammars

Author : Richard Moot
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642315550
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book The Logic of Categorial Grammars written by Richard Moot and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for students in computer science, formal linguistics, mathematical logic and to colleagues interested in categorial grammars and their logical foundations. These lecture notes present categorial grammars as deductive systems, in the approach called parsing-as-deduction, and the book includes detailed proofs of their main properties. The papers are organized in topical sections on AB grammars, Lambek’s syntactic calculus, Lambek calculus and montague grammar, non-associative Lambek calculus, multimodal Lambek calculus, Lambek calculus, linear logic and proof nets and proof nets for the multimodal Lambek calculus.