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Sat 12 Feb 1994
Books: Semantics; Philosophy of Lang; Logic; Computational
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SEMANTICS
Portner, Paul. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst); Situational Theory
and the Semantics of Propositional Expressions, Pb. xii +
396 pp. Ph. D. diss., 1992. $16. Graduate Linguistics Student
Association (GLSA), University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
This work discusses the variety of propositional expressions in
English. It is proposed that one can assign different characteristic
sorts of propositions to each class of expressions. For further
information, contact glsalinguist.umass.edu
PHILOSOPHY OF LANG
title: Descriptions
author: Stephen Neale
publisher: The MIT Press
price: $14.95 paper, $35.00 cloth
to order call: 1-800-356-0343 or 617-625-8569
This is a paperback reprint. Stephen Neale provides the first sustained
defense, extension, and application of Russell's Theory of Descriptions.
He provides a systematic criticism of traditional arguments against this
"paradigm of philosophy" and lucidly demonstrates its importance to
contemporary theories of syntax and semantics and to philosophical
inquiry.
LOGIC
Etchemendy, John and Jon Barwise TARSKI'S WORLD VERSION 4.0 (FOR BOTH
MACINTOSH AND MS WINDOWS)
CSLI Publications 1993 xviii, 116 pp. First-order Logic
US $19.50 (paper only) ISBN 1-881526-27-5 (Macintosh),
1-881526-28-3 (MS Windows)
Distributed by The University of Chicago Press (1-800-621-2736)
This program allows students to build three-dimensional worlds and to
describe them in first-order logic. Intended as a supplement to any
standard logic text, or for use by anyone wanting to learn the
syntax and semantics of logical notation.
Aczel, Peter, David Israel, Yasuhiro Katagiri, and Stanley Peters
(Eds.) SITUATION THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, VOLUME THREE
CSLI Publications 1993 xi, 408 pp. Language and Logic
US $27.95 (paper) $59.95 (cloth) ISBN 1-881526-08-9 (paper),
1-881526-09-7 (cloth)
Distributed by The University of Chicago Press (1-800-621-2736)
The chapters presented in this volume continue both the mathematical
development of situation theory, including the introduction of a
graphical notation for the theory and applications of the theory.
Contributors include Robin Cooper, Keith Devlin, Jonathan Ginzburg,
Jon Barwise, Massimo Poesio, and Dag Westerstahl, and others.
COMPUTATIONAL LING
Keller, Bill FEATURE LOGICS, INFINITARY DESCRIPTIONS AND GRAMMAR
CSLI Publications 1993 x, 173 pp. Computational Linguistics
US $17.95 (paper) $45.00 (cloth) ISBN 1-881526-25-9 (paper),
1-881526-26-7 (cloth)
Distributed by The University of Chicago Press (1-800-621-2736)
This books provides a detailed survey and comparison of recent
approaches to the logical formalization of feature structures and
their description languages in constraint- and unification-based
grammar formalisms.