From Discourse to Logic Introduction to Modeltheoretic Semantics of Natural Language, Formal Logic and Discourse Representation Theory

Preface This book is about semantics and logic. More specifically, it is about the semantics and logic of natural language; and, even more specifically than that, it is about a particular way of dealing with those subjects, known as Discourse Representation Theory, or DRT. DRT is an approach towards...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kamp, Hans, Reyle, U. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1
  • 0 Preliminaries
  • 1 DRT and Predicate Logic
  • 2 Quantification and Connectives
  • 3 Loose Ends
  • 2
  • 4 The Plural
  • 5 Tense and Aspect
  • Table of Construction Rules
  • Index of Symbols, Features and Feature Values
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects