Altshuler, Daniel

A Course in Semantics (Thea MIT Press)

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ISBN 13:: 9780262042772
author:: Altshuler, Daniel
format:: Hardback
publisher:: MIT Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2019
Pages:: 248
Dimensions:: 22.9 x 17.8 x 1.7 centimetres
Genre:: Nonfiction, Psychology, Cognitive,
Condition:: New
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A Course in Semantics by Daniel Altshuler, Terence Parsons, and Roger Schwarzschild is an introductory text in linguistic semantics that strikes a balance between empirical coverage and formalism. This textbook provides students with the tools to form intuitions about data, explain how well their analyses match those intuitions, and extend or seek alternative approaches. The book introduces key concepts such as truth conditions and compositionality, followed by a basic symbolic logic and a detailed compositional semantics covering topics like quantification, adverbial modification, relative clauses, event semantics, tense and aspect, and pragmatic phenomena. To support the material, numerous exercises are included, ranging from "Important practice and looking ahead" to "Thinking about" sections that encourage students to think critically beyond the book's content. With its unique blend of empirical coverage and formalism, A Course in Semantics is an ideal resource for undergraduates seeking to develop a deeper understanding of linguistic semantics.

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