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2 - Preliminaries

from Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2021

Alex Silk
Alex Silk
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University of Birmingham
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This chapter introduces key elements of the basic syntax and semantics. Topics of discussion include the treatments of compositional semantic value, assignment functions and variables for assignments, pronouns and traces, and quantification in object language and metalanguage. A preliminary compositional semantic derivation is provided.

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formal semanticssemantic valuesemantic typesvariablespronounsquantifiersassignment functions
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Semantics with Assignment Variables , pp. 17 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Preliminaries
  • Alex Silk, University of Birmingham
  • Book: Semantics with Assignment Variables
  • Online publication: 09 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870078.004
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  • Preliminaries
  • Alex Silk, University of Birmingham
  • Book: Semantics with Assignment Variables
  • Online publication: 09 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870078.004
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  • Preliminaries
  • Alex Silk, University of Birmingham
  • Book: Semantics with Assignment Variables
  • Online publication: 09 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870078.004
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