Logic in Linguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521291747 ISBN 13: 9780521291743

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Synopsis

An elementary introduction to formal logic, particularly intended for linguists and others interested in languages. Concepts and theories developed within formal logic for the study of artificial languages have for some time been fruitfully applied to the study of natural languages and some knowledge of them is necessary for students of linguists (especially semantics). With this need in mind the authors offer a clear, succinct and basic introduction to set theory, inference, propositional and predicate logic, deduction, modal and intensional logic, and various concomitant extensions of these. There is a discussion too of the relation between linguistics and logical analysis and between logic and natural language. The authors see increasing scope for co-operation between logicians and linguistics in studying the structure of language, and it is the overall aim of the book to promote this co-operation.

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Book Description:

An elementary introduction to formal logic, particularly intended for linguists. Discusses the relation between linguistic and logical analysis and between logic and natural language.

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An elementary introduction to formal logic, particularly intended for linguists and others interested in languages. Concepts and theories developed within formal logic for the study of artificial language have for some time been fruitfully applied to the study of natural languages, and some knowledge of them is now necessary for students of linguistic (especially semantics).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0521291747
• ISBN 13: 9780521291743
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196
• Editor: Allwood Jens, Andersson Lars-Gunnar, Dahl Osten