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Indefinites and the Type of Sets

ISBN: 978-1-405-11630-5

November 2003

Wiley-Blackwell

304 pages

Description

Indefinites and the Type of Sets explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects.

  • Provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories.
  • Explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects.
  • Written accessibly by one of the world’s most prominent formal semanticists.
  • Useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the neighboring fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language.
About the Author
Fred Landman is Professor of Semantics at Tel Aviv University. His publications include Events and Plurality (2000), Structures for Semantics (1991), Towards a Theory of Information (1986), and Varieties of Formal Semantics (edited with Frank Veltman, 1984).
Features

  • Provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories.

  • Explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects.
  • Written accessibly by one of the world’s most prominent formal semanticists.
  • Useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the neighboring fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language.