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This text presents a new logical framework to capture the meaning of sentences in conversation. It is based on a richer notion of meaning than traditional approaches, and allows for an integrated treatment of statements and questions. The first part of the text presents the framework in detail, while the second demonstrates its many benefits.

Semantics. --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- inquisitive semantics ---  questions ---  coordination ---  modals ---  conditionals ---  intonational meaning

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This volume brings together original papers by linguists and philosophers on the role of context and perspective in language and thought. Several contributions are concerned with the contextualism/relativism debate, which has loomed large in recent philosophical discussions. In a substantial introduction, the editors survey the field and map out the relevant issues and positions.

Context (Linguistics). --- Semantics. --- Context (Linguistics) --- Semantics --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Situation (Linguistics) --- Context --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Linguistics --- Discourse Analysis. --- Interpersonal Communication. --- Pragmatics.

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"For nearly half a century formal semantics has been a prominent area in linguistic theory, developed in a fruitful collaboration among linguists, logicians and philosophers. Formal semantics is sometimes regarded with reluctance (even dreaded) due to its mathematical precision and the apparent complexity of its symbolism. This textbook —the first one of this scope in French— provides a relaxed self-contained introduction to the domain, allowing the reader autonomous progressive study from the basic central concepts to significant innovations that have shaped the domain since Montague’s seminal work. Through its chapters, the book provides acquaintance with elements of scientific methodology generally used in formal semantics. The six chapters, completed with solved exercises, gradually move from basic notions in logic and model-theoretic semantics, to quantification, temporal and modal logic, intensionality, and typed λ-calculus, culminating in compositional semantic analysis at the syntax-semantics interface. This introduction will be supplemented with a second volume that would focus on applications and advances in the field which extend the scope of the formalism.The book is intended for linguistics undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers wishing to improve their skills in formal semantics, as well as for students and researchers of other domains, such as philosophy, logic, or computational science."

Linguistics --- Semantics. --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- intensionality --- temporal and modal logic --- syntax-semantics interface --- formal semantics --- logic and model-theoretic semantics --- textbook --- compositional semantic analysis --- λ-calculus

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Explores why different languages have systematically different ways of saying the same thing. It focuses on adjectival predication and shows that systematic differences in the meaning of words expressing adjectival notions have systematic effects on the form of the sentences they appear in.

Semantics. --- Linguistics. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Language and languages --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Semantics, Comparative. --- Comparative semantics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics --- morphosyntactic variation --- property concepts --- lexical semantics --- lexical categories --- qualities --- mass nouns --- adjectives --- semantic variation --- Denotation --- Lexeme --- Part of speech --- Predicate (grammar) --- Syntax

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Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics --- Cognitive grammar --- Aspect (Linguistique) --- Temps (Linguistique) --- Sémantique --- Grammaire cognitive --- Aspect --- Periodicals --- Tense --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Cognitive grammar. --- Semantics. --- Aspect. --- Tense. --- linguistics --- computer science --- semantics --- corpora --- lexicography --- cognitive studies --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Tense (Grammar) --- Aspect (Linguistics) --- Cognitive linguistics --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Verbal aspect --- Grammar, Comparative --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Psycholinguistics --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Temporal constructions --- Verb --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Mathematical linguistics