S Y N T H E S E L A N G U A G E LIBRARY
TEXTS AND STUDIES IN
LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Managing Editors:
J A A K K O H I N T I K K A , A c a d e m y of ¥ Inland and Stanford University
STANLEY P E T E R S , T h e U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s at A u s t i n
Editorial Board:
E M M O N B A C H , U n i v e r s i t y of M a s s a c h u s e t t s at A m h e r s t
J O A N B R E S N A N , M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y
J O H N L Y O N S , U n i v e r s i t y of Sussex
J U L I U S M . E . M O R A V C S I K , Stanford University
PATRICK S U P P E S , Stanford University
D A N A S C O T T , Oxford University
V O L U M E 4
, FORMAL SEMANTICS
AND PRAGMATICS
FOR
NATURAL LANGUAGES
Edited b y
F. G U E N T H N E R
Universität Tübingen, Seminar für Englische P h i l o l o g i e , Tübingen, B . R . D .
and
S. J . S C H M I D T
Universität Bielefeld, B.R.D.
D. R E I D E L P U B L I S H I N G C O M P A N Y
DORDRECHT : HOLLAND /BOSTON : U.S.A.
L O N D O N : E N G L A N D
, UP
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
M a i n entry under title:
Formal semantics and pragmatics for natural languages.
(Synthese language library; v. 4)
"Essays in this collection are the outgrowth of a Workshop held in June
1976."
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Languages — Philosophy. 2. Semantics. 3. Pragmatics.
4. Predicate calculus. 5. Tense (Logic). 6. Grammar, Comparative
and general. I. Guenthner, Franz. II. Schmidt, S. J., 1941-
III. Series.
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TEXTS AND STUDIES IN
LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Managing Editors:
J A A K K O H I N T I K K A , A c a d e m y of ¥ Inland and Stanford University
STANLEY P E T E R S , T h e U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s at A u s t i n
Editorial Board:
E M M O N B A C H , U n i v e r s i t y of M a s s a c h u s e t t s at A m h e r s t
J O A N B R E S N A N , M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y
J O H N L Y O N S , U n i v e r s i t y of Sussex
J U L I U S M . E . M O R A V C S I K , Stanford University
PATRICK S U P P E S , Stanford University
D A N A S C O T T , Oxford University
V O L U M E 4
, FORMAL SEMANTICS
AND PRAGMATICS
FOR
NATURAL LANGUAGES
Edited b y
F. G U E N T H N E R
Universität Tübingen, Seminar für Englische P h i l o l o g i e , Tübingen, B . R . D .
and
S. J . S C H M I D T
Universität Bielefeld, B.R.D.
D. R E I D E L P U B L I S H I N G C O M P A N Y
DORDRECHT : HOLLAND /BOSTON : U.S.A.
L O N D O N : E N G L A N D
, UP
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
M a i n entry under title:
Formal semantics and pragmatics for natural languages.
(Synthese language library; v. 4)
"Essays in this collection are the outgrowth of a Workshop held in June
1976."
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Languages — Philosophy. 2. Semantics. 3. Pragmatics.
4. Predicate calculus. 5. Tense (Logic). 6. Grammar, Comparative
and general. I. Guenthner, Franz. II. Schmidt, S. J., 1941-
III. Series.
P106.F66 401 78-13180
I S B N 90-277-0778-2
I S B N 90-277-0930-0 pbk.
Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company,
P.O. Box 17, Dordrecht, Holland
Sold and distributed in the U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico
by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Inc.
Lincoln Building, 160 O l d Derby Street, Hingham,
Mass. 02043, U.S.A.
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I Staatsbibliothek 1
l Müncnen J
A l l Rights Reserved
Copyright © 1979 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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