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Semantics of Natural Language

Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 40)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Subjects, Speakers, and Roles

    • Charles J. Fillmore
    Pages 1-24
  3. Deep Structure as Logical Form

    • Gilbert Harman
    Pages 25-47
  4. Troubles about Actions

    • J. A. Fodor
    Pages 48-69
  5. Act

    • John Robert Ross
    Pages 70-126
  6. Pragmatics and Intensional Logic

    • Richard Montague
    Pages 142-168
  7. General Semantics

    • David Lewis
    Pages 169-218
  8. On the Frame of Reference

    • John Wallace
    Pages 219-252
  9. Naming and Necessity

    • Saul A. Kripke
    Pages 253-355
  10. Proper Names and Identifying Descriptions

    • Keith S. Donnellan
    Pages 356-379
  11. Pragmatics

    • Robert C. Stalnaker
    Pages 380-397
  12. Opacity, Coreference, and Pronouns

    • Barbara Hall Partee
    Pages 415-441
  13. Grammar and Philosophy

    • P. F. Strawson
    Pages 455-472
  14. Analytic/Synthetic and Semantic Theory

    • Leonard Linsky
    Pages 473-482
  15. A Program for Syntax

    • P. T. Geach
    Pages 483-497
  16. A Program for Logic

    • James D. McCawley
    Pages 498-544
  17. Linguistics and Natural Logic

    • George Lakoff
    Pages 545-665

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Rockefeller University, USA

    Donald Davidson

  • Princeton University, USA

    Donald Davidson, Gilbert Harman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Semantics of Natural Language

  • Editors: Donald Davidson, Gilbert Harman

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2557-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1972

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0304-0Published: 30 April 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0310-1Published: 31 May 1973

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2557-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 770

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language, Semantics

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