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This selection of research papers written by Hans Kamp presents the core of his scientific research on natural language semantics and its relation to logic, philosophy and linguistics. Arranged in six sections, the topics range from philosophical reflection on the foundational issues in the ancient Sorites Paradox with a formal account of its solution, to a detailed account of presuppositions in dynamic semantics.

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Author:   Hans Kamp ,  Klaus von Heusinger ,  Alice ter Meulen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.207kg
ISBN:  

9789004251915

ISBN 10:   900425191
Pages:   696
Publication Date:   17 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO MEANING AND THE DYNAMICS OF INTERPRETATION EVENTS, TEMPORAL REFERENCE, AND DISCOURSE Introduction to Events, Temporal Reference, and Discourse Formal Properties of 'now' Events, Instants and Temporal Reference Deixis in Discourse: Reichenbach on Temporal Reference SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics Free Choice Permission Semantics versus Pragmatics VAGUENESS Introduction to Vagueness Two theories about adjectives The Paradox of the Heap DISCOURSE REPRESENTATION Introduction to Discourse Representation A Theory of Truth and Semantic Representation Context, Thought and Communication Disambiguation in Discourse PRESUPPOSITION Introduction to Presupposition Presupposition Computation and Presupposition Justification: One Aspect of the Interpretation of multi-sentence Discourse The Importance of Presupposition PROPOSITIONAL ATTITUDES Introduction to Propositional Attitudes Prolegomena to a Structural Account of Belief and Other Attitudes Temporal Reference inside and outside propositional attitudes INTERVIEW WITH HANS KAMP

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Klaus von Heusinger, Dr. phil. (1992) and Habilitation (1999) at University of Konstanz, Germany, is Professor in German Linguistics at the University of Cologne. He approaches linguistic analysis from a theoretical as well as empirical point of view and focuses on the semantics and pragmatics of referring expressions in discourse. The application of logical methods to natural language has long been the key research program of Alice ter Meulen (Ph.D. Stanford, 1980). She has published extensively on a variety of topics in natural language semantics, including (in)definiteness, mass terms, aspect and temporal reference, generics and natural kinds, Montague grammar and Situation Semantics. The core research interests of Hans Kamp (off. Johan Anthony Willem Kamp, Ph.D. 1968 UCLA) have converged on the question how human beings represent meaning and how those representations enable them to various things with information, such as drawing inferences and making plans for action. Context dependence and vagueness of meaning, and the dynamic character of interpretation are at the core of his well-known account of meaning and interpretation Discourse Representation Theory.

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