Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Some topics in semantics
  • 1.1 Aims of this study
  • 1.2 Mathematical linguistics
  • 1.3 A functional view of meaning
  • 1.4 Truth conditions and truth values
  • 1.5 Counterfactuals
  • 1.6 Compositionality and syntax
  • 1.7 Pragmatics
  • 1.8 Propositional relations
  • 1.9 Ambiguity
  • 1.10 Formal logic and natural languages
  • 1.11 Universal semantics
  • 2 Background notions from mathematics
  • 2.1 Purpose of this chapter
  • 2.2 Sets
  • 2.3 The cardinality of a set
  • 2.4 Product sets
  • 2.5 Relations and functions
  • 2.6 Equivalence relations
  • 2.7 Boolean algebras2.8 Isomorphisms and homomorphisms
  • 2.9 Effective processes
  • 3 Background notions from formal logic
  • 3.1 Scope of this chapter
  • 3.2 The calculus of propositions
  • 3.3 The nature of propositions
  • 3.4 Monotonicity
  • 3.5 The predicate calculus
  • 3.6 Modal logic
  • 3.7 Lambda abstraction
  • 3.8 Montagueâ€?s intensional logic
  • 4 Vagueness and ambiguity
  • 4.1 Background
  • 4.2 Ambiguity
  • 4.3 Structural ambiguity
  • 4.4 De dicto vs de re
  • 4.5 Intensions and temporal quantifiers
  • 4.6 Modalities
  • 4.7 Regimentation
  • 5 Logical form in binding theory5.1 Levels of representation
  • 5.2 Logical form
  • 5.3 Wellformedness in binding theory
  • 5.4 Case
  • 5.5 Logical form in semantic representation
  • 6 Pragmatics
  • 6.1 Definition of pragmatics
  • 6.2 Indices
  • 6.3 Contextual properties
  • 6.4 Performatives
  • 6.5 Fuzziness
  • 6.6 Presuppositions
  • 6.7 Types of semantic presupposition
  • 6.8 Truth-value gaps
  • 6.9 Primary and secondary presuppositions
  • 6.10 Presuppositions and questions
  • 6.11 Pragmatic presuppositions
  • 7 Categorial grammar
  • 7.1 Categorial grammar7.2 A severely limited grammar
  • 7.3 Some category assignments
  • 7.4 Abbreviations
  • 7.5 Spelling-out rules
  • 7.6 The lexicon
  • 8 Semantic rules
  • 8.1 Semantic rules
  • 8.2 Logical and nonlogical connectives
  • 8.3 Nominals
  • 8.4 Some verb types
  • 8.5 Wh-words
  • 8.6 Adjectives
  • 8.7 Adverbs
  • Bibliography
  • Index