Structures for Semantics

Formalization plays an important role in semantics. Doing semantics and following the literature requires considerable technical sophistica­ tion and acquaintance with quite advanced mathematical techniques and structures. But semantics isn't mathematics. These techniques and structures are too...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Landman, Fred
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One: Logic and Set Theory
  • 1.1. First Order Logic
  • 1.2. Second Order Logic
  • 1.3. First Order Theories
  • 1.4. Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory
  • Two: Partial Orders
  • 2.1. Universal Algebra
  • 2.2. Partial Orders and Equivalence Relations
  • 2.3. Chains and Linear Orders
  • Three: Semantics with Partial Orders
  • 3.1. Instant Tense Logic
  • 3.2. Algebraic Semantics, Functional Completeness and Expressibility
  • 3.3. Some Linguistic Considerations Concerning Instants
  • 3.4. Information Structures
  • 3.5. Partial Information and Vagueness
  • Four: Constructions with Partial Orders
  • 4.1. Period Structures
  • 4.2. Event Structures
  • Five: Intervals, Events and Change
  • 5.1. Interval Semantics
  • 5.2. The Logic of Change in Interval Semantics
  • 5.3. The Moment of Change
  • 5.4. Supervaluations
  • 5.5. Kamp’s Logic of Change
  • Six: Lattices
  • 6.1. Basic Concepts
  • 6.2. Universal Algebra
  • 6.3. Filters and Ideals
  • Seven: Semantics with Lattices
  • 7.1. Boolean Types
  • 7.2. Plurals
  • 7.3. Mass Nouns
  • Answers To Exercises
  • References