Logic & natural language : on plural reference and its semantic and logical significance /: on plural reference and its semantic and logical significance. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Logic and natural language
• Further Information: Note: Hanoch Ben-Yami.
• Authors: Ben-Yami, Hanoch, 1962-
• Contents: Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I Plural Referring Expressions: Plural referring expressions in natural language; Common nouns as plural referring expressions; The sources of the analysis of referring nouns as predicates; Reference. Part II Quantification: Quantification: natural language versus the predicate calculus; Multiple quantification; Pronouns, variables, and bound anaphors. Part III A deductive system for natural language: Derivation rules and consistency; Applications I: Aristotelian logic; Applications II: beyond Aristotelian logic. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: 302.2301; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers; Reference (Linguistics); Language and logic; PHILOSOPHY / General; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers; Language and logic; Reference (Linguistics); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315250267; 1315250268; 9781351921527; 1351921525; 9781351921510; 1351921517; 9781351921534; 1351921533
• Related ISBNs: 9781138273801; 9780754637431
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