TY - BOOK AU - Abbott,Barbara AU - Bott,Oliver AU - Engelberg,Stefan AU - Featherston,Sam AU - Green,Georgia M. AU - Heusinger,Klaus AU - Heusinger,Klaus von AU - Jacob,Pierre AU - Kempson,Ruth AU - Krifka,Manfred AU - Maienborn,Claudia AU - Matthewson,Lisa AU - Meier-Oeser,Stephan AU - Meulen,Alice G.B.ter AU - Nerlich,Brigitte AU - Newen,Albert AU - Pagin,Peter AU - Portner,Paul AU - Radó,Janina AU - Schröder,Bernhard AU - Stolterfoht,Britta AU - Textor,Mark AU - Westerståhl,Dag TI - Semantics - Foundations, History and Methods T2 - Mouton Reader SN - 9783110373738 U1 - 415 PY - 2019///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Semantics KW - Semantik / Sprache KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics KW - bisacsh KW - Generative and Cognitive Linguistics KW - Semantics, Linguistic Theories N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1 Meaning in linguistics --; 2 Meaning, intentionality and communication --; 3 (Frege on) Sense and reference --; 4 Reference: Foundational issues --; 5 Meaning in language use --; 6 Compositionality --; 7 Lexical decomposition: Foundational issues --; 8 Meaning in pre-19th century thought --; 9 The emergence of linguistic semantics in the 19th and early 20th century --; 10 The influence of logic on semantics --; 11 Formal semantics and representationalism --; 12 Varieties of semantic evidence --; 13 Methods in cross-linguistic semantics --; 14 Formal methods in semantics --; 15 The application of experimental methods in semantics --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Get to grips with the fundamentals of semantics research. Written by a team of world-class experts, this book introduces the subject for a broad audience of linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists. It explores the core concepts of sentential semantics and includes sections on questions, imperatives, copular clauses, and existential sentences. It also features essential research on sentence types, and explains central concepts in the theory of information structure and discourse structure. Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material in this modern classic is an ideal resource for anyone involved in semantics research UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110368505 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110368505 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110368505/original ER -