Logics of Conversation
Nicholas Asher author Alex Lascarides author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:30th Jun '05
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Logics of Conversation presents a logically precise theory of discourse interpretation.
Logics of Conversation presents a dynamic semantic framework called Segmented Discourse Representation Theory, or SDRT, where the interaction between discourse coherence and discourse interpretation is explored in a logically precise manner.People often mean more than they say. Grammar on its own is typically insufficient for determining the full meaning of an utterance; the assumption that the discourse is coherent or 'makes sense' has an important role to play in determining meaning as well. Logics of Conversation presents a dynamic semantic framework called Segmented Discourse Representation Theory, or SDRT, where this interaction between discourse coherence and discourse interpretation is explored in a logically precise manner. Combining ideas from dynamic semantics, commonsense reasoning and speech act theory, SDRT uses its analysis of rhetorical relations to capture intuitively compelling implicatures. It provides a computable method for constructing these logical forms and is one of the most formally precise and linguistically grounded accounts of discourse interpretation currently available. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in linguistics and in philosophy of language.
'This study presents a dynamic semantic framework called Segmented Discourse Representation Theory … where the interaction between discourse coherence and discourse interpretation is explored in a logically precise manner.' Studia Logica
ISBN: 9780521659512
Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm
Weight: 870g
552 pages