ID - 144103331 TI - Semantics with assignment variables PY - 2021 SN - 9781108870078 1108875173 1108870074 9781108836012 9781108799126 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Semantics KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Quantifiers KW - Semantics. KW - Quantifiers. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:144103331 AB - This pioneering study combines insights from philosophy and linguistics to develop a novel framework for theorizing about linguistic meaning and the role of context in interpretation. A key innovation is to introduce explicit representations of context - assignment variables - in the syntax and semantics of natural language. The proposed theory systematizes a spectrum of 'shifting' phenomena in which the context relevant for interpreting certain expressions depends on features of the linguistic environment. Central applications include local and non-local contextual dependencies with quantifiers, attitude ascriptions, conditionals, questions, and relativization. The result is an innovative philosophically informed compositional semantics compatible with the truth-conditional paradigm. At the forefront of contemporary interdisciplinary research into meaning and communication, Semantics with Assignment Variables is essential reading for researchers and students in a diverse range of fields. ER -