The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

The second edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics. Features completely new content from the first edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory Features contributions by leading semanticists, who introduce core areas of contemporary semantic research, while discussing current research Suitable for graduate students for courses in semantic theory and for advanced researchers as an introduction to current theoretical work

Notes on Contributors ix Preface xv Introduction 1 Part I Quantifiers, Scope, Plurals, and Ellipsis 7 1 Generalized Quantifiers in Natural Language Semantics 9 Dag Westerståhl 2 Scope 40 Chris Barker 3 Plurals 77 Yoad Winter and Remko Scha 4 Ellipsis 114 Ruth Kempson, Ronnie Cann, Arash Eshghi, Eleni Gregoromichelaki, and Matthew Purver Part II Modification, Presupposition, Tense, and Modality 141 5 Adjectival Modification and Gradation 143 Daniel Lassiter 6 Presupposition and Implicature 168 Christopher Potts 7 The Semantics of Tense and Aspect: A Finite-State Perspective 203 Tim Fernando 8 Conditionals and Modality 237 Magdalena Kaufmann and Stefan Kaufmann Part III Nondeclaratives 271 9 Semantics of Questions 273 Andrzej Wiśniewski 10 The Semantics of Imperatives 314 Chris Fox Part IV Type Theory and Computational Semantics 343 11 Constructive Type Theory 345 Aarne Ranta 12 Type Theory with Records for Natural Language Semantics 375 Robin Cooper and Jonathan Ginzburg 13 Curry Typing, Polymorphism, and Fine-Grained Intensionality 408 Shalom Lappin 14 Semantic Complexity in Natural Language 429 Ian Pratt-Hartmann 15 Implementing Semantic Theories 455 Jan van Eijck 16 Vector Space Models of Lexical Meaning 493 Stephen Clark 17 Recognizing Textual Entailment 523 Mark Sammons Part V Interfaces 559 18 Natural Logic 561 Lawrence S. Moss 19 The Syntax-Semantics Interface: Semantic Roles and Syntactic Arguments 593 Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin 20 Reference in Discourse 625 Andrew Kehler 21 Probabilistic Semantics and Pragmatics: Uncertainty in Language and Thought 655 Noah D. Goodman and Daniel Lassiter 22 Semantics and Dialogue 687 David Schlangen 23 Semantics and Language Acquisition 714 Eve V. Clark Author Index 735 Subject Index 745