Dynamic Semantics

• Main Author: Dekker, Paul J.E (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 91
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Pragmatism.; Semantics.; Linguistics, general.

The integrated theory of dynamic interpretation set out here will be a surprise to advanced researchers in linguistics. It combines classical formal semantics and modern dynamic semantics without altering the fundamental paradigm. At the book’s core lies a pragmatically motivated notion of a dynamic...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2. Predicate Logic with Anaphora
• 3. Information Update and Support
• 4. Quantification and Modality
• 5. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.