Semantic Indexicality

1996
ISBN: 978-0-7923-3914-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 60, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1130 g

Reihe: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

shows how a simple syntax can be combined with a propositional language at the level of logical analysis. It is the adoption of such a base language which has not been attempted before, and it is this which constitutes the originality of the book. Cresswell's simple and direct style makes this book accessible to a wider audience than the somewhat specialized subject matter might initially suggest.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cresswell, M. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Indexical Relativity.- 1 Propositional Languages.- 2 Relational Nouns.- 3 Indexical Indeterminacy.- 4 Contextually Supplied Relations.- 5 Plurals.- II Domains.- 6 Restricted Quantification.- 7 Domains and Anaphora (I).- 8 Domains and Anaphora (II).- III Syntax.- 9 Operators as Features.- 10 Syntax and Indices.- 11 Indexicality and ?-conversion.- 12 Eventualities.