Semantics as science /

Semantics as science /

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Author / Creator:Larson, Richard K., author.
Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Description:xxii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Semantics.
Semantics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13011902
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Other authors / contributors:Ryokai, Kimiko, illustrator.
Nash, Stephen, illustrator.
ISBN:9780262539951
0262539950
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Highly accessible and intelligently composed textbook introduction to the field of semantics with suggested readings"--
Table of Contents:
  • Preface for Teachers
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. Setting Out
  • Unit 1. What Is Semantics?
  • 1.1. Leading Questions of Linguistics
  • 1.2. Parts of Language
  • 1.3. Kinds of "Meaning"
  • Exercises
  • Unit 2. The Domain of Semantics
  • Review
  • 2.1. Semantic Facts
  • 2.2. Semantics as a Theory of Semantic Knowledge
  • Exercises
  • Unit 3. The Form of Semantic Theory
  • Review
  • 3.1. Semantics Interprets Syntactic Structure
  • 3.2. Statements of Meaning
  • 3.3. From Meaning to Truth
  • Exercises
  • Unit 4. Introducing T-Theories
  • Review
  • 4.1. T-Theory for (a Fragment of) Japanese
  • 4.2. A Sample Derivation
  • 4.3. Using Substitution
  • 4.4. Labeled Bracket Notation
  • Exercises
  • Suggested Readings for Part I
  • Part II. Building a Semantic Theory
  • Unit 5. Simple Sentences
  • Review
  • 5.1. Analyzing the Sentence
  • 5.2. Incorporating Names, Predicates, and Simple Sentences
  • 5.3. A New Theory with Simple Sentences
  • Exercises
  • Unit 6. Extending the Theory I
  • Review
  • 6.1. Lexical and Phrasal Rules
  • 6.2. Extending the Semantics
  • 6.3. A Sample Derivation
  • 6.4. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 7. Extending the Theory II
  • Review
  • 7.1. The "Fit" of Semantic Rules
  • 7.2. Figuring Out New Rules
  • 7.3. Purely Grammatical Elements
  • 7.4. A Change in Our Metalanguage
  • 7.5. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 8. Names and Predicates
  • Review
  • 8.1. Singular-Terms vs. General Terms
  • 8.2. Object-Dependent vs. Object-Independent Truth Conditions
  • 8.3. Acquiring Singular vs. General Terms
  • 8.4. Two Puzzles about Proper Nouns
  • Exercises
  • Unit 9. More on Predicates
  • Review
  • 9.1. Predicates and Parts of Speech
  • 9.2. Valence
  • 9.3. Predicates in Other Categories
  • 9.4. Valence and Structure
  • 9.5. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 10. Semantic Components
  • Review
  • 10.1. Componential Rules
  • 10.2. Attributing Semantic Rules to Speakers
  • Exercises
  • Unit 11. Participant Roles
  • Review
  • 11.1. Introducing Participant Roles
  • 11.2. Participant Roles, Predicates, and Scripts
  • 11.3. Verb Alternations
  • 11.4. Participant Roles and Structures
  • Exercises
  • Unit 12. Events and Adverbs
  • Review
  • 12.1. Sentences Describe Events
  • 12.2. Incorporating Events
  • 12.3. Incorporating Adverbs
  • 12.4. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 13. More on Proper Nouns
  • Review
  • 13.1. Proper Nouns as Complex Descriptions
  • 13.2. Puzzles for Proper Nouns as Complex Descriptions
  • 13.3. How Do Names Get Linked to Things?
  • Exercises
  • Suggested Readings for Part II
  • Part III. Semantic Theory and the World
  • Unit 14. Tense and Other Times
  • Review
  • 14.1. Tense
  • 14.2. Incorporating Tense into Our Theory
  • 14.3. More on Tense
  • 14.4. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 15. Modals and Other Worlds
  • Review
  • 15.1. Modality
  • 15.2. Incorporating Modality into Our Theory
  • 15.3. In What Sense Possible?
  • 15.4. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 16. Scope and Entailment
  • Review
  • 16.1. Introducing Scope
  • 16.2. Introducing Entailment
  • Exercises
  • Unit 17. Variable Reference and Context
  • Review
  • 17.1. Introducing Variable-Reference Terms
  • 17.2. Truth with Respect to Context Situations
  • 17.3. Context Situations as Sequences
  • 17.4. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 18. Indexicals
  • Review
  • 18.1. Indexical Proforms
  • 18.2. Incorporating Indexicals
  • 18.3. Demonstrative Uses of Pronouns
  • 18.4. Indexicality in Other Phrases
  • 18.5. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 19. "Displaced" Elements
  • Review
  • 19.1. Displacement and Compositionality
  • 19.2. Displacement and Context
  • 19.3. Understanding Dislocation Sentences
  • 19.4. Understanding Displacement
  • 19.5. Displacement and Information Structure
  • 19.6. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Unit 20. Quantifiers I (Sets)
  • Review
  • 20.1. Introducing Quantifier Phrases
  • 20.2. Sets and Membership
  • 20.3. Relations between Sets
  • 20.4. Operations on Sets
  • 20.5. Set Cardinality
  • Exercises
  • Unit 21. Quantifiers II (Determiners)
  • Review
  • 21.1. Determiners
  • 21.2. Determiners as Relations between Sets
  • 21.3. Lexical Rules for Determiners
  • Exercises
  • Unit 22. Quantifiers III (Rules)
  • Review
  • 22.1. Rules for Quantified Sentences: First Pass
  • 22.2. Rules for Quantified Sentences: Second Pass
  • 22.3. Rules for Quantified Sentences: Final-Pass
  • 22.4. Our Current Theory
  • Exercises
  • Suggested Readings for Part III
  • Part IV. Semantic Theory and the Mind
  • Unit 23. T-Theories as Formal Systems
  • Review
  • 23.1. Examples of Formal Systems
  • 23.2. T-Theories as Formal Systems
  • 23.3. The Importance of Formal Systems
  • Exercises
  • Unit 24. Knowing a Semantic Theory
  • Review
  • 24.1. Graphs and Formulas
  • 24.2. Grammars and T-Theories
  • Exercises
  • Unit 25. The Nature of Semantic Values
  • Review
  • 25.1. A Naive View of Semantic Values
  • 25.2. One Event or Two?
  • 25.3. Water or Tea?
  • 25.4. The Internal Nature of Semantics
  • Exercises
  • Suggested Readings for Part IV
  • References
  • Index
Given by Samuel R. & Marie-Louise Rosenthal in memory of Martin R. Rosenthal bookplate

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