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Semantics : a reader /

Table of Contents: “…Internalist and Externalist Semantic Theories; 6. Semantics and Context; 7. Conclusion; 8. …”
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Semantics : from meaning to text. by Melʹčuk, Igorʹ A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovič), 1932-

Table of Contents: “…""Semantics""; ""Editorial page""; ""Title page""; ""LCC data""; ""Contents""; ""Authorâ€?…”
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Semantics : from meaning to text / by Melʹčuk, Igorʹ A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovič), 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Semantic-communicative structure.…”
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Semantics by Saeed, John I.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Series -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- Part I Preliminaries -- Chapter 1 Semantics in Linguistics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Semantics and Semiotics -- 1.3 Three Challenges in Doing Semantics -- 1.4 Meeting the Challenges -- 1.5 Semantics in a Model of Grammar -- 1.6 Some Important Assumptions -- 1.7 Summary -- Exercises -- Further Reading -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Meaning, Thought, and Reality -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Reference -- 2.3 Reference as a Theory of Meaning -- 2.4 Mental Representations…”
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Semantics ; an interdisciplinary reader in philosophy, linguistics and psychology / by Steinberg, Danny D.

Subjects: “…Semantics (Philosophy) sh 85119877…”

Understanding semantics / by Löbner, Sebastian

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Understanding Semantics; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Meaning and semantics; 1.1 Levels of meaning; 1.2 Sentence meaning and compositionality; 1.3 Semantics: its scope and limits; Exercises; Further reading; 2 Dimensions of meaning; 2.1 Meanings are concepts; 2.2 Descriptive meaning; 2.3 Meaning and social interaction: the dimension of social meaning; 2.4 Meaning and subjectivity: the dimension of expressive meaning; 2.5 Connotations; 2.6 Dimensions of meaning; Exercises; Further reading; 3 Ambiguity; 3.1 Lexemes; 3.2 Lexical ambiguity.…”
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The Semantics of Science. by Harris, Roy

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Language and the Aristotelian scientist -- 2 Before and after Aristotle -- 3 Semantics and the Royal Society -- 4 Science in the kitchen -- 5 The rhetoric of linguistic science -- 6 Mathematics and the language of science -- 7 Science and common sense -- 8 Supercategory semantics -- 9 Integrating science -- Appendix 1 Einstein on science and reality -- Appendix 2 Heisenberg on language -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.…”
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Semantic interoperability : issues, solutions, and challenges /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Table of Contents; Part I: Towards Semantic Interoperability; Introduction; 1. Semantic Interoperability: Perspectives and Technology Evaluation; Part II: Health, Medicine and Human Behavior Modeling; 2. …”
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Semantics and Beyond : Philosophical and Linguistic Inquiries. by Stalmaszczyk, Piotr

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Semantics and nutrition / by López, Gemma

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Contents; Poet; 1. Stones; 2. Semantics and Nutrition; 3. The House; 4. Baptism; 5. …”
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Multimedia Semantics : Metadata, Analysis and Interaction. by Troncy, Raphael

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5: Machine Learning Techniques for Multimedia Analysis; 5.1 Feature Selection; 5.2 Classification; 5.3 Classifier Fusion; 5.4 Conclusion; Chapter 6: Semantic Web Basics; 6.1 The Semantic Web; 6.2 RDF; 6.3 RDF Schema; 6.4 Data Models; 6.5 Linked Data Principles; 6.6 Development Practicalities; Chapter 7: Semantic Web Languages; 7.1 The Need for Ontologies on the Semantic Web; 7.2 Representing Ontological Knowledge Using OWL; 7.3 A Language to Represent Simple Conceptual Vocabularies: SKOS; 7.4 Querying on the Semantic Web; Chapter 8: Multimedia Metadata Standards; 8.1 Selected Standards.…”
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Conceptual semantics : a micro-modular approach / by Nikanne, Urpo, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The rules of the game -- Towards micro-modularity -- Argument structure and its ingredients: F-chain, argument level, thematic features, and actionátier -- Temporal structure of situations -- Semantic fields and the modal tier -- The lexicon and argument linking -- Complex sentences -- The finite sentence.…”
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Pragmatics and semantics : an empiricist theory / by Kates, Carol A., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Pragmatics and Semantics -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. …”
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The Semantics of Polysemy : Reading Meaning in English and Warlpiri. by Riemer, Nick

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7 Conclusion: description and explanation in semantics --…”
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The semantics of coordination / by Lang, Ewald, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…THE SEMANTICS OF COORDINATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. …”
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Philosophical semantics : reintegrating theoretical philosophy / by Costa, Claudio F. (Claudio Ferreira)

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Semantic plurality : English collective nouns and other ways of denoting pluralities of entities / by Gardelle, Laure

Table of Contents: “…Intro; SEMANTIC PLURALITY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Chapter 1. …”
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Evaluative semantics : cognition, language, and ideology / by Malrieu, Jean Pierre, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Ideology and discourse -- Evaluation and cognition -- Interpretative shortcuts -- Evaluative semantics -- Semantic networks and discourse representation -- Styled semantic networks -- Dynamic semantic networks -- Setting the weights -- Evaluation and rhetorical attitudes.…”
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Semantic Externalism. by Kallestrup, Jesper

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Semantic Externalism; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. …”
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Functional semantics : a theory of meaning, structure and tense in English / by Harder, Peter, 1954-

Subjects: “…English language Semantics.…”
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Cognitive semantics : meaning and cognition /

Table of Contents: “…COGNITIVE SEMANTICS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Preface; Semantics as Meaning Determination with Semantic-Epistemic Operations; Some Tenets of Cognitive Semantics; Function, Cognition, and Layered Clause Structure; From Vision to Cognition: A Study of Metaphor and Polysemy in Swedish; Polysemy and Differentiation in the Lexicon: Verbs of Physical Contact in Swedish; Space and Time; Conceptual Engineering: Implementing Cognitive Semantics; Situated Embodied Semantics and Connectionist Modeling; Index of Names; Index of Subjects; PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES…”
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Situating semantics : essays on the philosophy of John Perry /

Table of Contents: “…Situating semantics: an overview of the philosophy of John Perry /…”
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The semantic web /

Table of Contents: “…EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Editorial; Digital libraries in the knowledge era; Libraries as knowledge management centers; Semantic Web technologies for digital libraries; Applying semantic technology to a digital library: a case study; Towards personalization in digital libraries through ontologies; Integrating semantic metadata in P2P-based digital libraries; Building a distributed digital library for natural disasters metadata with grid services and RDF; Reasoning against a semantic digital library framework based on grid technology.…”
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Semantic grid : model, methodology and applications / by Wu, Zhaohui, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge Representation for the Semantic Grid -- Dynamic Problem Solving in the Semantic Grid -- Trust Computing in the Semantic Grid -- Data Integration in the Semantic Grid -- Service Flow Management in the Semantic Grid -- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in the Semantic Grid -- DartGrid: A Semantic Grid Implementation -- Semantic Grid Applications for Traditional Chinese Medicine -- Semantic Grid Applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems.…”
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Crossroads semantics : computation, experiment and grammar /

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Semantic syntax / by Seuren, Pieter A. M.

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Editorâ#x80;#x99;s Foreword -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Some Historical and Methodological Backgrounds -- 1.1.1 The Birth of Generative Grammar and its Offshoot Semantic Syntax -- 1.1.2 The Birth of Transformational Generative Grammar -- 1.1.3 The Birth of the Transformational Cycle -- 1.1.4 The Birth of Generative Semantics -- 1.1.5 Autonomous Syntax and X-bar Theory -- 1.1.6 The Demise of Generative Semantics? …”
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The Semantics of Desire : Changing Models of Identity from Dickens to Joyce. by Weinstein, Philip M.

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Practical semantics : a study in the rules of speech and action / by Heringer, Hans-Jürgen, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…-- 2.2 Formal theory of action -- 2.3 Interaction -- 2.4 Action competence -- 2.5 Formal sketch -- 3 Practical semantics -- 3.1 Forms of semantic description -- 3.2 Aims of practical semantics -- 3.3 Communication -- 3.4 Semantic relations -- 3.5 Communication patterns -- 4 Communication games -- 4.1 Interactions as games -- 4.2 Basic concepts of game theory…”
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Introduction to Semantics : an Essential Guide to the Composition of Meaning. by Zimmermann, Thomas Ede, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Preface; 1 Literal Meaning; 1 Hidden Sense; 2 Irony and Implicature; 3 The Way You Say It; 4 Difficult Sentences; 2 Lexical Semantics; 1 What's in a Word?; 2 Homonymy and Polysemy; 3 Sense Relations; 4 Semantic Networks; 3 Structural Ambiguity; 1 Some Elementary Examples; 2 Scope and Syntactic Domains; 3 Syntactic Domains and Reconstruction; 4 Logical Form; 4.1 The LF Scope Principle; 4.2 Quantifier Raising; 4.3 Opaque and Transparent Readings; 4.4 More Hidden Structure*; Summary; 4 Introducing Extensions; 1 Frege's Principle; 2 A Farewell to Psychologism; 3 Extensions for Words and Phrases.…”
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On the semantics of syntax : mood and condition in English / by Davies, Eirian

Table of Contents: “…On literal meaning and 'significance' -- 3. A framework of semantic analysis -- 4. Decision -- 5. Telling -- 6. …”
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Semantic Priming. by McNamara, Timothy P.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. What Is Semantic Priming and Why Should Anyone Care About It?…”
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The semantics of glory : a cognitive, corpus-based approach to Hebrew word meaning / by Burton, Marilyn E.

Table of Contents: “…1. Cognitive semantics -- 2. Defining the domain : parallelism and patterns of language association -- 3. …”
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Ten Lectures on Field Semantics and Semantic Typology by Bohnemeyer, Jürgen

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Note on Supplementary Material -- Preface -- About the Author -- Lecture 1 Setting the Stage: Meaning, Cognition, Culture, and Crosslinguistic Variation -- Lecture 2 Field Semantics: Studying Meaning without Native Speaker Intuitions -- Lecture 3 Data Gathering in Linguistics: a Practical Epistemology of Elicitation Techniques -- Lecture 4 Sources of Evidence: Semantic and Pragmatic Diagnostics -- Lecture 5 Ethnosemantics and Cognitive Anthropology: a Short History -- Lecture 6 Semantic Typology: the Crosslinguistic Study of Semantic Categorization…”
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Essays in Semiotics /Essais de sémiotique. by Rey-Debove, Josette

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Two-dimensional semantics /

Table of Contents: “…-- Bad intensions -- The foundations of two-dimensional semantics -- Reference, contingency, and the two-dimensional framework -- Comment on ‘two notions of necessity’ -- Two-dimensionalism : a neo-Fregean interpretation -- Phenomenal belief, phenomenal concepts, and phenomenal properties in a two-dimensional framework -- Rationalism, morality, and two dimensions -- Indexical concepts and compositionality -- Keeping track of objects in conversation -- Kripke, the necessary aposteriori, and the two-dimensionalist heresy -- Assertion revisited : on the interpretation of two-dimensional modal semantics -- Two-dimensionalism and Kripkean a posteriori necessity -- No fool’s cold : notes on illusions of possibility.…”
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Key terms in semantics / by Murphy, M. Lynne

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Key terms in semantics -- Key thinkers in semantics -- Key texts in semantics.…”
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The Semantics of Grammatical Dependencies. by Butler, Alastair, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- The Semantics of Grammatical Dependencies -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Representational distance -- 1.2 A static perspective -- 1.3 Accidental hiding or capture -- 1.4 Canonical representations -- 1.4.1 de Bruijn indices -- 1.4.2 Keeping names -- 1.4.3 End of scope -- 1.4.4 Summary -- 1.5 Sequence assignments -- 1.6 Semantics for canonical representations -- 1.7 Scope Control Theory -- 1.8 Scope, binding, accessibility and locality -- 1.8.1 Creating scopes -- 1.8.2 Rel -- 1.8.3 Binding support -- 1.8.4 Accessibility -- 1.8.5 Shifting binding name -- 1.8.6 Locality -- 1.8.7 Summary -- 1.9 Book overview -- 2 Argument Dependencies -- 2.1 Introducing bindings -- 2.2 Predicates -- 2.2.1 Predicates without embedding -- 2.2.2 Predicates with embedding -- 2.2.3 Summary -- 2.3 Constituent order, agreement and noun phrases -- 2.4 Noun phrase restrictions able to take embeddings -- 2.5 Prepositions -- 2.6 Summary -- 3 Clause Dependencies -- 3.1 Third person pronouns and reflexives -- 3.2 Seeming absences of complementarity -- 3.3 Possessive pronouns -- 3.4 Covaluation -- 3.5 Bare stem complements -- 3.6 Control -- 3.7 Raising -- 3.8 Relative clauses -- 3.9 Scoping possibilities -- 3.10 Summary -- 4 Unbounded Dependencies -- 4.1 Bridge verbs -- 4.2 Tough constructions -- 4.3 Stranding and pied-piping -- 4.4 The complex NP constraint -- 4.5 Crossover -- 4.6 Quantifier scope -- 4.7 Summary -- 5 Intervention and Binding into Relations -- 5.1 French interrogatives with a single WH argument -- 5.2 German constituent questions -- 5.3 French multiple constituent questions -- 5.4 English constituent questions -- 5.5 Binding into relations -- 5.6 Summary -- 6 Quantification in Japanese -- 6.1 Case marked noun phrases -- 6.2 Adding quantification -- 6.3 Constituent questions and intervention -- 6.4 Summary.…”
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Making Semantics Pragmatic. by Turner, Ken

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Making Semantics Pragmatic; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 Introduction: Preliminary 'sketches of landscapes'; 2 Whatever Happened to Meaning? …”
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Continuity in Linguistic Semantics.

Table of Contents: “…CONTINUITY IN LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; PART I. …”
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Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics. by Leech, Geoffrey N.

Table of Contents: “…EXPLORATIONS IN SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. …”
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