Eliminating the Universe: Logical Properties of Natural Language

by Edward L Keenan and Edward L. Keenan

This book synthesizes the author's work (1980s-2015) on the logical expressive power of natural language. It extends the tools and concepts of model theory as used in (higher order) predicate logic to the study of natural language semantics. It focuses on boolean structure, generalized quantification (separated from variable binding), covering some cases of anaphora. Different categories -- predicates, adjective, quantifiers -- are modeled by non-isomorphic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814719838
• ISBN13: 9789814719834
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"