Semantics with Assignment Variables

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Preliminaries; 3. Standardizing Quantification; 4. Attitude Ascriptions; Part II: 5. Relative Causes (I); 6. Quantifiers; 7. Noun Phases; Part III: 8. Conditionals; 9. Interrogatives; 10. Taking Stock.

About the author

Alex Silk is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and the author of Discourse Contextualism. He has earned international recognition for research in philosophy of language, normative theory, and linguistic semantics. He is the recipient of the Sanders Prize in Metaethics and grants from the Arts & Humanities Research Council and Leverhulme Foundation.

Summary

This pioneering new work combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to provide an innovative framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. Representing the forefront of research on natural language and communication, it is essential reading for academics and students in diverse fields.

Foreword

Pioneers an innovative framework for theorizing about meaning in natural language and the role of context in interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Silk, Silk Alex
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2023
• EAN: 9781108799126
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79912-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 400 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc