Compositional Semantics: An Introduction to the Syntax/Semantics Interface

by Pauline Jacobson

Book Overview

This book provides an introduction to compositional semantics and to the syntax/semantics interface. It is rooted within the tradition of model theoretic semantics, and develops an explicit fragment of both the syntax and semantics of a rich portion of English.

Professor Jacobson adopts a Direct Compositionality approach, whereby the syntax builds the expressions while the semantics simultaneously assigns each a model-theoretic interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199677158
• ISBN13: 9780199677153
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.7"