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Logic and lexicon : the semantics of the indefinite

Title
Logic and lexicon : the semantics of the indefinite / by Manfred Pinkal ; translated by Geoffrey Simmons.
Author
Pinkal, Manfred.
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1995.

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Description
xv, 377 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  • Semantic underspecification is an essential and pervasive property of natural language. This monograph provides a comprehensive survey of the various phenomena in the field of ambiguity and vagueness. The book discusses the major theories of semantic indefiniteness which have been proposed in linguistics, philosophy and computer science. It argues for a view of indefiniteness as the potential for further contextual specification, and proposes a unified logical treatment of indefiniteness on this basis. The inherent inconsistency of natural language induced by irreducible imprecision is investigated, and treated in terms of a dynamic extension of the proposed logic.
  • The book is an extended edition of a German monograph and is addressed to advanced students and researchers in theoretical and computational linguistics, logic, philosophy of language and NL-oriented AI. Although it makes extensive use of logical formalisms, it requires only some basic familiarity with standard predicate logic concepts since all technical terms are carefully explained.
Series Statement
Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; v. 56
Uniform Title
  • Logik und Lexikon. English
  • Studies in linguistics and philosophy ; v. 56.
Alternative Title
Logik und Lexikon.
Subject
  • Semantics
  • Semantics (Philosophy)
  • Language and logic
  • Ambiguity
  • Language and logic
  • Semantics
  • semantics
  • Semantische Unbestimmtheit
  • Logik
  • Sprachphilosophie
  • Ambiguïteit
  • Vaagheid
  • Formele semantiek
Note
  • Translation of: Logik und Lexikon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-367) and indexes.
Contents
1. Semantic Indefiniteness -- 2. Prerequisites and Fundamental Concepts -- 3. The Phenomenon of Precisification -- 4. Vagueness and Ambiguity -- 5. On the Logic of the Indefinite -- 6. Precisification Semantics -- 7. Vagueness and Imprecision -- 8. Dynamic Semantics for Vague Expressions.
ISBN
  • 079233387X
  • 9780792333876
LCCN
95003466
OCLC
  • ocm31969089
  • 31969089
  • SCSB-2094933
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library