
Handbook of Logic and Language
Description
Key Features
- Completely revised and updated - includes over 25% new material
- Discusses the interface between logic and language
- Many of the authors are creators or active developers of the theories
Readership
Table of Contents
- Preface
Part 1 Frameworks
1. Montague Grammar,
B. Partee and H. Hendriks
2. Categorial Type Logics
M. Moortgat
3. Discourse Representation in Context
H. Kamp & J. van Eijck
4.1 Situation Theory
J. Seligman, L. Moss
4.2 Situations, Constraints and Channels
E. Mares, J. Seligman, G. Restall
5.1 GB Theory: An Introduction
J. Higginbotham
5.2 After Government and Binding Theory
E. Stabler
6.1 Game-Theoretical Semantics
J. Hintikka and G. Sandu
6.2 Game-Theoretical Pragmatics
J. G. Jäger
Part 2 General Topics
7. Compositionality
B. Partee & Th. Janssen
8. Types
R. Turner
9.1 Dynamics
R. Muskens, J. van Benthem, and A. Visser
9.2 Dynamic Epistemic Logic
B. Kooi
10. Partiality
J-E. Fenstad
11.1 Formal Learning Theory
D. Osherson, D. de Jongh, E. Martin, S. Weinstein
11.2 Computational Language Learning
M. van Zaanen, C. de la Higuera
12.1 Non-monotonicity in Linguistics
R. Thomason
12.2 Non-monotonic Reasoning in Interpretation
R. van Rooij, K. Schulz
Part 3 Descriptive Topics
13.1 Generalized Quantifiers
E. Keenan, D. Westerståhl
13.2 On the Learnability of Quantifiers
R. Clark
14.1 Temporality
M. Steedman
14.2 Tense, Aspect, and Temporal Representation
H. Verkuyl
15.1 Plurals and Collectives
J. Lønning
15.2 Plural Discourse Reference
A. Brasoveanu
16.1 Questions
J. Groenendijk, M. Stokhof
16.2 Questions: Logic and Interactions
J. Ginzburg
Product details
- No. of pages: 1168
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2010
- Published: December 17, 2010
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780444537270
- Paperback ISBN: 9780444602251
About the Editors
Johan van Benthem
Affiliations and Expertise
Alice ter Meulen
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
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Thomas G. Thu Jul 11 2019
Logic and language . originally in 1986. perhaps by a different author
My Philosophy course, entitled Logic and Language, was a true eye-opener for me. The textbook's title escapes me. But the principles have remained. The "required reading" for the course was a book that introduced us to Olaf and Ophilia. (just simple non-descript characters we will come to know). By the end of that course, I could (pretty much) fill in all the silly questions life could throw my way. I GIVE IT A MUST READ for anyone running for any political office. ...and I don't know the title of the original textbook.