Logics and Languages

Max Cresswell

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Routledge
02 August 2016

Philosophy of language; Philosophy: logic

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language

Originally published in 1973, this book shows that methods developed for the semantics of systems of formal logic can be successfully applied to problems about the semantics of natural languages; and, moreover, that such methods can take account of features of natural language which have often been thought incapable of formal treatment, such as vagueness, context dependence and metaphorical meaning.

Parts 1 and 2 set out a class of formal languages and their semantics. Parts 3 and 4 show that these formal languages are rich enought to be used in the precise description of natural languages.

Appendices describe some of the concepts discussed in the text.

By: Max Cresswell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781138686458
ISBN 10: 113868645X
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 02 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1: Propositional Languages 1. Syntax and Semantics of Propositional Languages 2. Propositional Logics 3. The Metaphysics of Propositions 4. The Structure of Propositions Part 2: Categorial Languages 5. Pure Categorial Languages 6. Abstraction and λ-categorial Languages 7. The Metaphysics of Categorial Languages 8. Pragmatics Part 3: English as a Categorial Language 9. Some Parts of Speech 10. More Parts of Speech 11. Counter-dependence in English Part 4: English As A Natural Language 12. Words and Morphenes 13. Obtaining Natural Languages 14. Meaning and Use. Appendix I: Some Background Notions Appendix II: A Uniqueness Theorem

M. J. Cresswell