Logic in Grammar
| Author | : Gennaro Chierchia |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 481 |
| Release | : 2013-07-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199697977 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199697973 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Logic in Grammar by : Gennaro Chierchia
Download or read book Logic in Grammar written by Gennaro Chierchia and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fundamental investigation of language and human reasoning, Gennaro Chierchia looks at how syntactic and inferential processes interact through the study of polarity sensitive and free choice items. He reformulates the semantics of focus and scope and the pragmatics of implicature as part of the recursive semantic system.
