Logic in linguistics

Author(s)

• Allwood, Jens S.
• Andersson, Lars-Gunnar
• Dahl, Östen

Bibliographic Information

Logic in linguistics

Jens Allwood, Lars-Gunnar Andersson, Östen Dahl

（Cambridge textbooks in linguistics）

Cambridge University Press, 1977

• : hard
• : pbk

Other Title

Logik för lingvister

Note

Translation and revision of: 'Logik för lingvister'. Lund : Studentlitteratur, 1971

Bibliography: p. 172-174

Includes index

"Transferred to digital printing 2001" -- on t.p. verso of pbk

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An elementary introduction to formal logic, particularly intended for linguists and others interested in languages. Concepts and theories developed within formal logic for the study of artificial languages have for some time been fruitfully applied to the study of natural languages and some knowledge of them is necessary for students of linguists (especially semantics). With this need in mind the authors offer a clear, succinct and basic introduction to set theory, inference, propositional and predicate logic, deduction, modal and intensional logic, and various concomitant extensions of these. There is a discussion too of the relation between linguistics and logical analysis and between logic and natural language. The authors see increasing scope for co-operation between logicians and linguistics in studying the structure of language, and it is the overall aim of the book to promote this co-operation.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Symbols and notational conventions
• 1. Logic for linguists
• 2. Set theory
• 3. Inference and logical analysis of sentences
• 4. Propositional logic
• 5. Predicate logic
• 6. Deduction
• 7. Modal logic
• 8. Intensional logic and categorial grammar
• 9. Further extensions
• 10. Logic for linguists?
• References
• Answers to exercises
• Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA00486063
• ISBN:
  • 0521214963
  • 0521291747
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: swe
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: x, 185 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P39
  • DC19 : 160/.244
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Logic -- For linguistics
  • LCSH : Language and logic
  • LCSH : Logic
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00215113