Inquisitive Semantics

Author : Ivano Ciardelli,Jeroen Groenendijk,Floris Roelofsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 232 pages
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Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198814788

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Inquisitive Semantics by Ivano Ciardelli,Jeroen Groenendijk,Floris Roelofsen Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book presents a new logical framework to capture the meaning of sentences in conversation. The traditional approach equates meaning with truth-conditions: to know the meaning of a sentence is to know under which circumstances it is true. The reason for this is that linguistic and philosophical investigations are usually carried out in a logical framework that was originally designed to characterize valid argumentation. However, argumentation is neither the sole, nor the primary function of language. One task that language more widely and ordinarily fulfils is to enable the exchange of information between conversational participants. In the framework outlined in this volume, inquisitive semantics, information exchange is seen as a process of raising and resolving issues. Inquisitive semantics provides a new formal notion of meaning, which makes it possible to model various concepts that are crucial for the analysis of linguistic information exchange in a more refined and more principled way than has been possible in previous frameworks. Importantly, it also allows an integrated treatment of statements and questions. The first part of the book presents the framework in detail, while the second demonstrates its benefits in the semantic analysis of questions, coordination, modals, conditionals, and intonation. The book will be of interest to researchers and students from advanced undergraduate level upwards in the fields of semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, and logic.

Author : Ivano Ciardelli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783031097065

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Inquisitive Logic by Ivano Ciardelli Pdf

This open access book makes a case for extending logic beyond its traditional boundaries, to encompass not only statements but also also questions. The motivations for this extension are examined in detail. It is shown that important notions, including logical answerhood and dependency, emerge as facets of the fundamental notion of entailment once logic is extended to questions, and can therefore be treated with the logician’s toolkit, including model-theoretic constructions and proof systems. After motivating the enterprise, the book describes how classical propositional and predicate logic can be made inquisitive—i.e., extended conservatively with questions—and what the resulting logics look like in terms of meta-theoretic properties and proof systems. Finally, the book discusses the tight connections between inquisitive logic and dependence logic.

Author : Jeroen A. G. Groenendijk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:297111274

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Inquisitive Semantics by Jeroen A. G. Groenendijk Pdf

Author : Hongyuan Dong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351021562

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Semantics of Chinese Questions by Hongyuan Dong Pdf

Semantics of Chinese Questions is the first major study of Chinese questions, especially wh-questions, within the framework of Alternative Semantics. It takes an interface approach to study the syntax, semantics, and phonology of questions and proposes a phonological scope-marking strategy in Chinese questions, based upon experimental data. It also incorporates historical linguistic data regarding the grammaticalization of sentence-final particles such as –ne and –ma to study the formal diachronic semantics of questions. Primarily suitable for scholars in the field of Chinese linguistics, this book makes new theoretical contributions to the study of questions.

Author : Maria Aloni,Harald Bastiaanse,Tikitu de Jager,Katrin Schulz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642142864

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Logic, Language and Meaning by Maria Aloni,Harald Bastiaanse,Tikitu de Jager,Katrin Schulz Pdf

The FoLLI LNAI subline aims to disseminate cutting-edge results in logic, language and information (LLI) research, development and education. LLI is the topical focus of FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information (www.folli.org). FoLLI was founded in 1991 to advance research and education on the interface between logic, linguistics, computer science and cognitive science and related disciplines. Cross-fertilization between these areas has frequently led to significant progress on challenging research problems. Consequently, titles in the FoLLI LNAI series are targeted at researchers in multiple disciplines. As one of its major international activities, FoLLI organizes each year the European Summer School for Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI). In parallel to the printed book, each new volume is published electronically in LNCS/LNAI Online.

Author : Jeroen van Craenenbroeck,Tanja Temmerman
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 1147 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198712398

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The Oxford Handbook of Ellipsis by Jeroen van Craenenbroeck,Tanja Temmerman Pdf

This handbook is the first volume to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and balanced discussion of ellipsis, a phenomena whereby expressions in natural language appear to be incomplete but are still understood. It explores fundamental questions about the workings of grammar and provides detailed case studies of inter- and intralinguistic variation.

Author : Hans van Ditmarsch,Gabriel Sandu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319628646

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Jaakko Hintikka on Knowledge and Game-Theoretical Semantics by Hans van Ditmarsch,Gabriel Sandu Pdf

This book focuses on the game-theoretical semantics and epistemic logic of Jaakko Hintikka. Hintikka was a prodigious and esteemed philosopher and logician, and his death in August 2015 was a huge loss to the philosophical community. This book, whose chapters have been in preparation for several years, is dedicated to the work of Jaako Hintikka, and to his memory. This edited volume consists of 23 contributions from leading logicians and philosophers, who discuss themes that span across the entire range of Hintikka’s career. Semantic Representationalism, Logical Dialogues, Knowledge and Epistemic logic are among some of the topics covered in this book's chapters. The book should appeal to students, scholars and teachers who wish to explore the philosophy of Jaako Hintikka.

Author : Alexandra Pavlova,Mina Young Pedersen,Raffaella Bernardi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031506284

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Selected Reflections in Language, Logic, and Information by Alexandra Pavlova,Mina Young Pedersen,Raffaella Bernardi Pdf

The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) is organized every year by the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) in different sites around Europe. The papers cover vastly dierent topics, but each fall in the intersection of the three primary topics of ESSLLI: Logic, Language and Computation. The 13 papers presented in this volume have been selected among 81 submitted papers over the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. The ESSLLI Student Session is an excellent venue for students to present their work and receive valuable feedback from renowned experts in their respective fields. The Student Session accepts submissions for three different tracks: Language and Computation (LaCo), Logic and Computation (LoCo), and Logic and Language (LoLa).

Author : Edgar Onea
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004217935

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Potential Questions at the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface by Edgar Onea Pdf

In Potential Questions at the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface Edgar Onea proposes a novel component for question under discussion based discourse pragmatic theories thereby combining such theories with new ideas from inquisitive semantics. He shows how potential questions account for an entire range of grammatical phenomena. These phenomena include the semantics of indefinite determiners, the meaning contribution of nominal appositives, specificational constructions and non restrictive relative clauses. This book delivers a comprehensive and empirically rich investigation into the role of questions in natural language interpretation. Drawing on data from German, English, Hungarian and Russian, Edgar Onea's study significantly broadens our understanding of conventional sensitivity to questions through formally rigorous analyses of specificational particles, parentheticals and indefinites. The Potential Questions framework offers a new and exciting perspective on utterance meanings as not just addressing, but also raising questions, with important consequences for integrated analyses of discourse structure and discourse relations. This book is essential reading for anybody interested in the semantics-pragmatics interface. Judith Tonhauser, The Ohio State University

Author : Guram Bezhanishvili,Sebastian Löbner,Vincenzo Marra,Frank Richter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642369766

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Logic, Language, and Computation by Guram Bezhanishvili,Sebastian Löbner,Vincenzo Marra,Frank Richter Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Tbilisi Symposium on Logic, Language, and Computation, TbiLLC 2011, held in Kutaisi, Georgia, in September 2011. The book consists of summaries of 3 tutorials presented at the symposium together with 13 full papers that were carefully reviewed and selected from the submissions. The papers are organized in two sections, one on Language and one on Logic and Computation. The range of topics covered in the Language section includes natural language syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, frames in natural language semantics, linguistic typology, and discourse phenomena. The papers in the Logic and Computation section cover such topics as constructive, modal, algebraic, and philosophical logic, as well as logics for computer science applications.

Author : Hans van Ditmarsch,Jerome Lang,Shier Ju
Publisher : Springer
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642241307

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Logic, Rationality, and Interaction by Hans van Ditmarsch,Jerome Lang,Shier Ju Pdf

Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information, this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Logic, Rationality, and Interaction, LORI 2011, held in Guangzhou, China, in October 2011. The 25 revised full papers presented together with 12 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. Among the topics covered are semantic models for knowledge, for belief, and for uncertainty; dynamic logics of knowledge, information flow, and action; logical analysis of the structure of games; belief revision, belief merging; logics and preferences, compact preference representation; logics of intentions, plans, and goals; logics of probability and uncertainty; logical approaches to decision making and planning; argument systems and their role in interaction; norms, normative interaction, and normative multiagent systems; and logical and computational approaches to social choice.

Author : Mohua Banerjee,Anil Seth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642180255

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Logic and Its Applications by Mohua Banerjee,Anil Seth Pdf

Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information, this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Indian Conference on Logic and Its Applications, ICLA 2011, held in Delhi, India, in January 2011. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. The papers present current research in all aspects of formal logic ranging from pure and applied logic to history of logic.

Author : Martin Aher,Daniel Hole,Emil Jeřábek,Clemens Kupke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662469064

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Logic, Language, and Computation by Martin Aher,Daniel Hole,Emil Jeřábek,Clemens Kupke Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Tbilisi Symposium on Logic, Language and Computation, TbiLLC 2013, held in Gudauri, Georgia, in September 2013. The conference series is centered around the interaction between logic, language and computation. The contributions represent these three fields and the symposia aim to foster interaction between them. The book consists of 16 papers that were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. Each paper has passed through a rigorous peer-review process before being accepted for publication. The volume also contains two summaries of the tutorials that took place at the symposium: the one on admissible rules and the one on the formal semantics of aspectual meaning from a cross-linguistic perspective.

Author : Hiroakira Ono,Makoto Kanazawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642022609

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Logic, Language, Information and Computation by Hiroakira Ono,Makoto Kanazawa Pdf

Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information, this book constitutes the 4th volume of the FoLLI LNAI subline; containing the refereed proceedings of the 16h International Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation, WoLLIC 2009, held in Tokyo, Japan, in June 2009. The 25 revised full papers presented together with six tutorials and invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers cover some of the most active areas of research on the frontiers between computation, logic, and linguistics, with particular interest in cross-disciplinary topics. Typical areas of interest are: foundations of computing and programming; novel computation models and paradigms; broad notions of proof and belief; formal methods in software and hardware development; logical approach to natural language and reasoning; logics of programs, actions and resources; foundational aspects of information organization, search, flow, sharing, and protection.

Author : CIARDELLI ET AL.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0191852473

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INQUISITIVE SEMANTICS. by CIARDELLI ET AL. Pdf