{"product_id":"lexical-meaning-in-context-a-web-of-words-hardback-9781107005396","title":"Lexical Meaning in Context; A Web of Words (Hardback) 9781107005396","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLexical Meaning in Context\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Web of Words\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is an innovative, formal framework for studying the meanings of words and how their meanings combine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Asher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107005396, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages, 11 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is one of the most significant contributions in lexical and discourse semantics to emerge in recent years. It will inspire and challenge researchers to view, more systematically, the idea that lexical meaning is intimately dependent on the context within with words are used, in fact, strengthening the underlying premise behind a creative, generative view of lexical meaning.' James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a book about the meanings of words and how they can combine to form larger meaningful units, as well as how they can fail to combine when the amalgamation of a predicate and argument would produce what the philosopher Gilbert Ryle called a 'category mistake'. It argues for a theory in which words get assigned both an intension and a type. The book develops a rich system of types and investigates its philosophical and formal implications, for example the abandonment of the classic Church analysis of types that has been used by linguists since Montague. The author integrates fascinating and puzzling observations about lexical meaning into a compositional semantic framework. Adjustments in types are a feature of the compositional process and account for various phenomena including coercion and copredication. This book will be of interest to semanticists, philosophers, logicians and computer scientists alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations: 1. Lexical meaning and predication\u003cbr\u003e 2. Types and lexical meaning\u003cbr\u003e 3. Previous theories of prediction\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Theory: 4. Type composition logic\u003cbr\u003e 5. The complex type\u003cbr\u003e 6. Type presuppositions in TCL\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Development: 7. Restricted predication\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rethinking coercion\u003cbr\u003e 9. Other coercions\u003cbr\u003e 10. Syntax and type transformations\u003cbr\u003e 11. Modification, coercion and loose talk\u003cbr\u003e 12. Generalizations and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Coda: References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Lexicography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Lexicography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Lexicography%20%5BCFM%5D%22\"\u003eCFM\u003c\/a\u003e], Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Semantics, discourse analysis, etc\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Semantics,%20discourse%20analysis,%20etc%20%5BCFG%5D%22\"\u003eCFG\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of language [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of language\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20language%20%5BCFA%5D%22\"\u003eCFA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005113913624,"sku":"9781107005396","price":94.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107005396i_00f4d087-3004-493b-ac13-146c8394e978.jpg?v=1691360866","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lexical-meaning-in-context-a-web-of-words-hardback-9781107005396","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}