Written by two of the leading figures in the field, this is a lucid and systematic introduction to formal semantics.
About the Author
Irene Heim is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Semantics of Definite and Indefinite Noun Phrases (1987) and, with Angelika Kratzer, is Founder and Editor of Natural Language Semantics.
Angelika Kratzer is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and, with Irene Heim, is Founder and Editor of Natural Language Semantics.
Features
The first overview of semantics within generative grammar.
Teaches students the craft of doing semantics.
Written by arguably the two leading figures in the field.
Exercises check understanding and direct students towards further projects.
Serves as a reference work for linguists and as a course book for students.
Takes into account the most recent developments in semantics.
