Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9027711429 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book is fine. However The book is fine. However, the listing did not show that it was shipping from overseas and we would not have purchased it if that was the case due to timelines. very disappointing. "Easy to read, and a good account of Montague's ideas" according to Alexander Shuger. I guess there's not much written in logic these days that almost anyone can read, unless it involves only elementary ideas. This book is an exception. It goes fairly deeply into the fundamentals of the relation between syntax and semantics within a language from the point of view of Montague. It describes quite accurately the ability to formalize natural language. Anyone interested in logic and the philosophy of mathematics will see analogies and extensions of familiar ideas and have a new light cast on their knowledge. Anyone interested in linguistics can use it as a st. William J. Tychonievich said A solid introduction. This is a good introduction to the Richard Montague's semantic theory, beginning with the basics, working up through type theory, tense, modals, and intension, and ending with a thorough explanation of the PTQ system. Ideal for the beginner seeking to become conversant in this classical theory. The reader is assumed to have a basic familiarity with set theory and predicate logic.
In many ways the paper 'The Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English' (commonly abbreviated PTQ) represents the culmination of Montague's efforts to apply the techniques developed within mathematical logic to the semantics of natural languages, and indeed it is the system outlined there that people generally have in mind when they refer to "Montague Grammar". Unfortunately, Montague's papers are tersely written and very difficult to follow unless one has a considerable background in logical semantics.. Whether this hope can be fully realized remains to be seen, but it is clear nonetheless that Montague semantics has already established itself as a productive para digm, leading to new areas of inquiry and suggesting new ways of conceiving of theories of natural language. ) Montague's work has attracted increasing attention in recent years among linguists and philosophers since it offers the hope that semantics can be characterized with the same formal rigor and explicitne