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Language in Action: Categories, Lambdas and Dynamic Logic Volume 130

Language in Action: Categories, Lambdas and Dynamic Logic Volume 130

Van Benthem, J.

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics, Book 130

Grammar & StyleGeneral Computers

ISBN10: 0444890009
ISBN13: 9780444890009
Publisher: North-Holland
Published: Feb 12 1991
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This monograph began life as a series of papers documenting five years of research into the logical foundations of Categorial Grammar, a grammatical paradigm which has close analogies with Lambda Calculus and Type Theory. The technical theory presented here stems from the interface between Logic and Linguistics and, in particular, the theory of generalized quantification. A categorical framework with lambda calculus-oriented semantics is a convenient vehicle for generalizing semantic insights (obtained in various corners of natural language) into one coherent theory.

The book aims to demonstrate to fellow logicians that the resulting applied lambda calculus has intrinsic logical interest. In the final analysis, the idea is not just to break the syntactic code' of natural languages but to understand the cognitive functioning of the human mind.

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