What is Meaning?

Fundamentals of Formal Semantics

Paul H. Portner

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Wiley-Blackwell
10 December 2004

linguistics; Semantics

Series: Fundamentals of Linguistics

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field’s key ideas about how language works.

Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning

By: Paul H. Portner
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781405109185
ISBN 10: 1405109181
Series: Fundamentals of Linguistics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 December 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul H. Portner is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University. He is co-editor of Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings (with Barbara H. Partee, Blackwell, 2002) as well as the author of numerous articles on topics such as mood and modality, tense and aspect, and the syntax/semantics interface.

Reviews for What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics

?An excellent book for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. Portner?s approachable, yet serious, presentation gives the reader a firm understanding of the breadth and depth of the science of natural language meaning.? Kai von Fintel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology