New PDF release: Reference and Anaphoric Relations

By Klaus Von Heusinger, Urs Egli (auth.), Klaus von Heusinger, Urs Egli (eds.)

ISBN-10: 1402002912

ISBN-13: 9781402002915

ISBN-10: 9401139474

ISBN-13: 9789401139472

This booklet is a set of unique study articles at the illustration and in­ terpretation of indefinite and convinced noun words, anaphoric pronouns, and heavily comparable matters comparable to reference, scope and quantifier stream. numerous body­ works for the formal research of discourse semantics are represented, together with dis­ path illustration concept, dossier swap semantics, dynamic good judgment, E-type theories, and selection functionality methods, which was once one of many major concerns the Konstanz undertaking have been excited about. All of those frameworks are couched within the culture of Montague Grammar, even if they expand the classical formalism in several instructions. The advancements emerged from the fashionable dialogue of difficulties for the illustration of cross-sentential anaphoric family concerning pronouns, and the translation of sure and indefinite noun words. After a decade of controversy, those methods are merging jointly, enriching every one other's formal mechanisms instead of expressing competition. hence, the articles during this quantity pay attention to primary semantic questions, and likewise expand the present formalisms so one can catch extra information. The roots of this e-book lie within the workshop "Reference and Anaphoric Relations", which used to be held on the collage of Konstanz in June 1996. 5 major concerns have been mentioned: (i) the Stoic and scholastic remedy of reference and anaphora; (ii) quan­ tification and scope, (iii) anaphoric reference; (iv) the illustration of indefinite NPs with selection features; and (v) the relation among linguistic expressions, their rep­ resentations and their meanings.