Handbook of logic and language

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Handbook of logic and language

edited by Johan van Benthem, Alice ter Meulen

Elsevier , MIT Press, 1997

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: MIT Press ISBN 9780262220538

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The combined study of logic and language goes back at least as far as the Middle Ages. In the last twenty-five years it has gained momentum with the formulation of Montague semantics and Generative Syntax, and the subsequent diversification of research programs.The Handbook of Logic and Language is the first comprehensive survey of the field. The twenty chapters show both sides of the interaction between logic and language: how logical systems are designed and modified in response to linguistic needs, and how mathematical theory arises out of this process and affects subsequent linguistic theory.Contributors : N. Asher, D. Beaver, W. Buszkowski, D. de Jongh, J. E. Fenstad, J. Groenendijk, H. Hendriks, J. Higginbotham, J. Hintikka, T. M. V. Janssen, H. Kamp, E. J. Keenan, J. T. Lonning, E. Martin, M. J. Moortgat, L. S. Moss, R. Muskens, D. Osherson, B. H. Partee, F. J. Pelletier, W. C. Rounds, G. Sandu, J. Seligman, M. Steedman, M. Stokhof, R. H. Thomason, R. Turner, J. van Benthem, J. van Eijck, A. Visser, D. Westerstahl
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: Elsevier ISBN 9780444817143

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This Handbook documents the main trends in current research between logic and language, including its broader influence in computer science, linguistic theory and cognitive science.The history of the combined study of Logic and Linguistics goes back a long way, at least to the work of the scholastic philosophers in the Middle Ages. At the beginning of this century, the subject was revitalized through the pioneering efforts of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, and Polish philosophical logicians such as Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz. Around 1970, the landmark achievements of Richard Montague established a junction between state-of-the-art mathematical logic and generative linguistic theory. Over the subsequent decades, this enterprise of Montague Grammar has flourished and diversified into a number of research programs with empirical and theoretical substance.This appears to be the first Handbook to bring logic-language interface to the fore. Both aspects of the interaction between logic and language are demonstrated in the book i.e. firstly, how logical systems are designed and modified in response to linguistic needs and secondly, how mathematical theory arises in this process and how it affects subsequent linguistic theory.The Handbook presents concise, impartial accounts of the topics covered. Where possible, an author and a commentator have cooperated to ensure the proper breadth and technical content of the papers.The Handbook is self-contained, and individual articles are of the highest quality.

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Preface. Abbreviations of Journal Titles. List of Contributors. Part 1. Frameworks. Introduction. Montague Grammar (B.H. Partee, H.L.W. Hendriks). Categorial type logics (M. Moortgat). Representing discourse in context (J. van Eijck, H. Kamp). Situation theory (J. Seligman, L.S. Moss). GB theory: an introduction (J. Higginbotham). Game-theoretical semantics (J. Hintikka, G. Sandu). Part 2. General Topics. Introduction. Compositionality (T.M.V. Janssen with an appendix by B.H. Partee). Feature logics (W.C. Rounds). Types (R. Turner). Dynamics (R. Muskens et al.). Partiality (J.E. Fenstad). Mathematical linguistics and proof theory (W. Buszkowski). Formal learning theory (D. Osherson et al.). Nonmonotonicity in linguistics (R.H. Thomason). Part 3. Descriptive Topics. Introduction. Generalized quantifiers in linguistics and logic (E.L. Keenan, D. Westerstahl). Temporality (M. Steedman). Presupposition (D.I. Beaver). Plurals and collectivity (J.T. Lonning). Questions (J. Groenendijk, M. Stokhof). Generics and defaults (F.J. Pelletier, N. Asher). Glossary. Author Index. Subject Index.

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