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What It All Means
Semantics for (Almost) Everything
ISBN: 9780262047432
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2022
How meaning works—from monkey calls to human language, from spoken language to sign language, from gestures to music—and how meaning is connected to truth.
Semantics as Science
ISBN: 9780262539951
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2022
An introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction.
Syntax in the Treetops
ISBN: 9780262543491
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 3, 2022
A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context.
Quotations as Pictures
ISBN: 9780262543132
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 15, 2022
The proposal of a semantics for quotations using explanatory notions drawn from philosophical theories of pictures.
Irony and Sarcasm
ISBN: 9780262538268
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 18, 2020
A biography of two troublesome words.
A Course in Semantics
ISBN: 9780262042772
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2019
An introductory text in linguistic semantics, uniquely balancing empirical coverage and formalism with development of intuition and methodology.
The Geometry of Meaning
Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces
ISBN: 9780262533751
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 24, 2017
A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures.
Subjunctive Conditionals
A Linguistic Analysis
ISBN: 9780262519649
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 13, 2013
A proposal for a compositional semantics for subjunctive (or would) conditionals in English.
What It All Means
Semantics for (Almost) Everything
ISBN: 9780262047432
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2022
How meaning works—from monkey calls to human language, from spoken language to sign language, from gestures to music—and how meaning is connected to truth.
Semantics as Science
ISBN: 9780262539951
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2022
An introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction.
Syntax in the Treetops
ISBN: 9780262543491
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 3, 2022
A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context.
Quotations as Pictures
ISBN: 9780262543132
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 15, 2022
The proposal of a semantics for quotations using explanatory notions drawn from philosophical theories of pictures.
Irony and Sarcasm
ISBN: 9780262538268
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 18, 2020
A biography of two troublesome words.
A Course in Semantics
ISBN: 9780262042772
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 3, 2019
An introductory text in linguistic semantics, uniquely balancing empirical coverage and formalism with development of intuition and methodology.
The Geometry of Meaning
Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces
ISBN: 9780262533751
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 24, 2017
A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures.
Subjunctive Conditionals
A Linguistic Analysis
ISBN: 9780262519649
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 13, 2013
A proposal for a compositional semantics for subjunctive (or would) conditionals in English.