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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific introduction
Although all have their merits, out of the three introductory semantics texts I read, I would recommend this book to those who are curious or beginning to explore the subject. Portner's writing is exceptionally paced, and at times quite entertaining (relative to textbooks in general, not just those for formal semantics). The thought exercises and line-art...
Published on June 25, 2009 by RL
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Clearly wrritten but...
Although Portner writes with a charming style and makes difficult problems of semantics clear, yet I feel he didn't answer the question printed on its cover. The different approaches to semantics, and their relation to the formal approach, still remain mystery to me. The lambda-abstraction was barely touched, and semantic calculus wasn't even mentioned. I've enjoyed...
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific introduction,
By RL "RL" (Bellingham, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics) (Paperback)
Although all have their merits, out of the three introductory semantics texts I read, I would recommend this book to those who are curious or beginning to explore the subject. Portner's writing is exceptionally paced, and at times quite entertaining (relative to textbooks in general, not just those for formal semantics).
The thought exercises and line-art diagrams are well constructed and organized, and the discussions related to set theory and pragmatics were especially helpful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics) (Paperback)
Although Portner writes with a charming style and makes difficult problems of semantics clear, yet I feel he didn't answer the question printed on its cover. The different approaches to semantics, and their relation to the formal approach, still remain mystery to me. The lambda-abstraction was barely touched, and semantic calculus wasn't even mentioned.
I've enjoyed reading it, but I must say I'd rather have purchased a more comprehensive textbook. |
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What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics) by Paul Portner (Paperback - February 14, 2005)
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