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Contents of Natural Language Semantics

  Preface (view in pdf format)
1 Some fundamental concepts for semantics
2 Words and worlds and reference
3 The lexicon and the encyclopedia
4 Morphology and listemes
5 The power of words: connotation and jargon
6 Semantic relations between sentences
7 Predicate logic, sets, and lambda: tools for semantic analysis
8 Frames, fields, and semantic components
9 Cognitive semantics: backs, colours, and classifiers
10 Using the typical denotatum to identify the intended referent
11 Mood, tense, modality, and thematic roles
12 The semantics of clause predicates
13 Quantifiers in English
  Epilogue
  References with selective annotations
  Index

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