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Kearns, Kate.

Semantics / Kate Kearns. - 2nd ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xiii, 269 p. ; 24 cm. - Modern linguistics series .

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- First Order Logic -- The Logical Quantifiers -- Formal Composition -- Modality and Possible Worlds -- Generalized Quantifiers -- Referencial Opacity -- Aktionsarten: Aspectual Classes of Events -- Tense and Aspect -- Thematic Roles and Lexical Conceptual Structure -- Events -- Bibliography -- Index.

"This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge and covers a wide range of core topics in formal semantics. Now thoroughly updated, the second edition features new chapters on semantic composition, type theory and the lambda calculus, as well as a revised discussion of Pragmatics and a variety of new exercises"--

ISBN: 9780230232297 (hbk.) : £60.00 0230232299 (hbk.) : £60.00 9780230232303 (pbk.) : £22.99 0230232302 (pbk.) : £22.99

LCCN: 2011008064

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB0E4938 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015710090 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

LC Class. No.: P325 / .K37 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 401.43