Harry C. Bunt

Mass Terms and Model-Theoretic Semantics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Harry Bunt provides a thorough analysis of the problem of 'mass terms' and offers an original and detailed solution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780521105910
• ISBN-10: 0521105919
• Artikelnr.: 25906840

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Model-Theoretic Semantics of Mass Terms: 1. Introduction
2. Mass terms
3. Approaches to mass term semantics
4. Towards a semantic theory of mass nouns
5. Ensemble theory
6. Semantic representations based on ensemble theory
7. Two-level model-theoretic semantics
8. Quantification and mass nouns
9. Modification and mass nouns
Part II. Ensemble Theory: 10. Axiomatic ensemble theory
11. Continuous, discrete and mixed ensembles
12. A model for ensemble theory
13. Ensemble theory, set theory and mereology
Notes
Bibliography
Index.