What is meaning? : fundamentals of formal semantics / Paul H. Portner.
"What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. The book explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory in an intuitive, engaging manner without relying on form...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2005.
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| Series: | Fundamentals of linguistics.
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| Summary: | "What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. The book explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory in an intuitive, engaging manner without relying on formalization or getting bogged down in technical skills. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1405109173 9781405109178 1405109181 9781405109185 |