Logics and Languages Contributor(s): Cresswell, Max (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138686484 ISBN-13: 9781138686489 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Language |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.90 lbs) 284 pages |
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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. |