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Logic and Lexicon

The Semantics of the Indefinite

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 56)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introductory Remarks

    1. Introductory Remarks

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 1-6
  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Semantic Indefiniteness

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 9-25
    3. Prerequisites and Fundamental Concepts

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 26-42
    4. The Phenomenon of Precisification

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 43-71
    5. Vagueness and Ambiguity

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 72-111
  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. On the Logic of the Indefinite

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 115-195
    3. Precisification Semantics

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 196-254
  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
    2. Vagueness and Imprecision

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 257-289
    3. Dynamic Semantics for Vague Expressions

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 290-354
  6. Concluding Remarks

    1. Concluding Remarks

      • Manfred Pinkal
      Pages 355-356
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 357-381

About this book

Semantic underspecification is an essential and pervasive property of natural language. This monograph provides a comprehensive survey of the various phenomena in the field of ambiguity and vagueness. The book discusses the major theories of semantic indefiniteness, which have been proposed in linguistics, philosophy and computer science. It argues for a view of indefiniteness as the potential for further contextual specification, and proposes a unified logical treatment of indefiniteness on this basis. The inherent inconsistency of natural language induced by irreducible imprecision is investigated, and treated in terms of a dynamic extension of the proposed logic.
The book is an extended edition of a German monograph and is addressed to advanced students and researchers in theoretical and computational linguistics, logic, philosophy of language, and NL- oriented AI. Although it makes extensive use of logical formalisms, it requires only some basic familiarity with standard predicate logic concepts since all technical terms are carefully explained.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Saarland, Germany

    Manfred Pinkal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Logic and Lexicon

  • Book Subtitle: The Semantics of the Indefinite

  • Editors: Manfred Pinkal

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8445-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3387-6Published: 28 February 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4529-4Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8445-6Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 382

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Logic, Linguistics, general

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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