Compositionality in Formal Semantics: Selected Papers by Barbara H. Partee: Selected Papers by Barbera H. Partee (Explorations in Semantics) - Hardcover

Partee, Barbara H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405109343 ISBN 13: 9781405109345

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

Compositionality in Formal Semantics is a collection of Barbara Partee s papers that have been influential in the field but are not readily available and includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her thinking and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years. Brings together, in one volume, influential but difficult to find papers by one of the most important researchers in formal semantics. Includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her research and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years. Discusses critical themes in semantic theory.

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About the Author

Barbara H. Partee is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is the author of several landmark essays in formal semantics. She has written and edited numerous books, including Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings (edited with Paul Portner, Blackwell, 2002), Mathematical Methods in Linguistics (with Alice ter Meulen and Robert Wall, 1990), and Montague Grammar (edited, 1976).

From the Back Cover

Barbara H. Partee has played a central role in developing the now–flourishing field of formal semantics, bringing the formal semantic approach developed by logicians together with a linguistically sophisticated account of the syntax of natural languages. She has continued to be a major contributor to semantics, offering general ideas that have helped to clarify the character of the enterprise as well as imaginative and persuasive detailed analyses.

Compositionality in Formal Semantics is a collection of Partee s papers that have been influential in the field but are not all readily available, and includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her thinking and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years. This collection is invaluable both for understanding the history and evolution of the field and for its contribution to ongoing research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1405109343
• ISBN 13: 9781405109345
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 344