Applied Logic: How, What and Why: Logical Approaches to Natural Language - Synthese Library 1995 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of a conference held in Dec. 1992 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. Pragmatic Reasoning. A Model-Based Theory; J. Bell. Verb-Phrase Ellipsis in Dynamic Semantics; J. van Eijck, N. Francez. Optimization of Deduction for Multi-Modal Logics; O. Gasquet. Are Types Needed for Natural Language? F. Kamareddine. Indexical Dynamics; I. Lewin. Implicit and Explicit Definability in Modal and Temporal Logics; L. Maksimova. Evolving Algebras and Mathematical Models of Language; L. S. Moss, D. E. Johnson. Information States in Situation Theory; L. Polos, M. Masuch. Logic Finite Automata; K. U. Schulz, D. M. Gabbay. Dynamic Aspect Trees; J. Seligman, A. ter Meulen. Logic as a Foundation for a Cognitive Theory of Modality Assignment; K. Stenning. Meeting a Modality? Restricted Permutation for the Lambek Calculus; Y. Venema. Update Semantics for Propositional Texts; C. Vermeulen. Index."Publisher Marketing: Includes a selection of papers presented at the international conference 'Applied Logic: Logic at Work', held in Amsterdam in December 1992. The papers in this work focus on the application of logic to the study of natural language, in syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and the effect of these studies on the development of logic.

Contributor Bio:  Polos, Laszlo Michael T. Hannan is the Stratacom Professor of Management in the Graduate School of Business and professor of sociology at Stanford University. Laszlo Polos is professor of organization theory at the Durham Business School in the United Kingdom. Glenn R. Carroll is the Laurence W. Lane Professor of Organizations in the Graduate School of Business and (by courtesy) professor of sociology at Stanford.