{"product_id":"9781108836012","title":"Semantics with Assignment Variables","description":"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.","brand":"Alex Silk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47810326561086,"sku":"9781108836012","price":5279.22,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781108836012_cb53e097-7026-43ff-9e45-c3dc26ca2afa.jpg?v=1707410809","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781108836012","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}