Full Description
This selection of research papers written by Hans Kamp presents the core of his scientific research on natural language semantics and its relation to logic, philosophy and linguistics. Arranged in six sections, the topics range from philosophical reflection on the foundational issues in the ancient Sorites Paradox with a formal account of its solution, to a detailed account of presuppositions in dynamic semantics.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO MEANING AND THE DYNAMICS OF INTERPRETATION
EVENTS, TEMPORAL REFERENCE, AND DISCOURSE
Introduction to Events, Temporal Reference, and Discourse
Formal Properties of 'now'
Events, Instants and Temporal Reference
Deixis in Discourse: Reichenbach on Temporal Reference
SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS
Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
Free Choice Permission
Semantics versus Pragmatics
VAGUENESS
Introduction to Vagueness
Two theories about adjectives
The Paradox of the Heap
DISCOURSE REPRESENTATION
Introduction to Discourse Representation
A Theory of Truth and Semantic Representation
Context, Thought and Communication
Disambiguation in Discourse
PRESUPPOSITION
Introduction to Presupposition
Presupposition Computation and Presupposition Justification: One Aspect of the Interpretation
of multi-sentence Discourse
The Importance of Presupposition
PROPOSITIONAL ATTITUDES
Introduction to Propositional Attitudes
Prolegomena to a Structural Account of Belief and Other Attitudes
Temporal Reference inside and outside propositional attitudes
INTERVIEW WITH HANS KAMP
