Textbook
What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal SemanticsISBN: 978-1-4051-0918-5
Paperback
256 pages
December 2004, ©2005, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Wiley E-Text, Hardcover
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What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a
concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually
practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul
Portner presents the field’s key ideas about how language
works.
- Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory
- Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language
- Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning