Language and logics : an introduction to the logical foundations of language /

This book will take linguistics students beyond the classical logic used in introductory courses into the variety of non-standard logics that are commonly used in research. It embraces a wide variety of material, including modal logic, partial logic, situation semantics and the growing area of the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gregory, Howard, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2015.
Series:Edinburgh advanced textbooks in linguistics.
Subjects:
Language and logic.
Langage et logique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Meaning and Logic ; PART I The Classical Picture ; Chapter 2 Truth Table Logic ; Chapter 3 Predicates ; Chapter 4 Quantifiers ; Chapter 5 Functions: The Lambda Calculus ; PART II Modality ; Chapter 6 Possibility and Necessity ; chapter 7 Worlds and Individuals ; PART III Negation and Partiality ; Chapter 8 Many Valued Logics ; Chapter 9 Situations and Information ; Chapter 10 Intuitionism and Constructive Proof ; PART IV Substructural Logics and Categorial Grammar ; Chapter 11 Relevance, Resources and Order ; Chapter 12 Grammar as Logic.
  • Chapter 13 Combinators Bibliography; Index.

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