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This collection of papers stems originally from a conference on Property Theory, Type Theory and Semantics held in Amherst on March 13-16 1986. The conference brought together logicians, philosophers, com­ puter scientists and linguists who had been working on these issues (of ten in isolation from one another). Our intent was to boost debate and exchange of ideas on these fundamental issues at a time of rapid change in semantics and cognitive science. The papers published in this work have evolved substantially since their original presentation at the conference. Given their scope, we thought it convenient to divide the work into two volumes. The first deals primarily with logical and philosophical foundations, the second with more empirical semantic issues. While there is a common set of issues tying the two volumes together, they are both self-contained and can be read independently of one another. Two of the papers in the present collection (van Benthem in volume 1 and Chierchia in volume II) were not actually read at the conference. They are nevertheless included here for their direct relevance to the topics of the volumes. Regrettably, some of the papers that were presented (Feferman, Klein, and Plotkin) could not be included in the present work due to timing problems. We nevertheless thank the authors for their contribu­ tion in terms of ideas and participation in the debate.

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Author:   G. Chierchia ,  Barbara B.H. Partee ,  R. Turner
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1989 ed.
Volume:   39
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.380kg
ISBN:  

9781556080692

ISBN 10:   1556080697
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   31 December 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Type-Shifting Rules and the Semantics of Interrogatives.- On the Semantic Content of the Notion of ‘Thematic Role’.- Structured Meanings, Thematic Roles and Control.- On the Semantic Composition of English Generic Sentences.- Generically Speaking, or, Using Discourse Representation Theory to Interpret Generics.- Realism and Definiteness.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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