| Logics and Languages Contributor(s): Cresswell, M. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 113868645X ISBN-13: 9781138686458 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Language |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |