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This volume presents significant developments in the field of Montague Grammar and outlines its past and future contributions to philosophy and linguistics. The contents are as follows: Introduction by Steven Davis and Marianne Mithun Emmon Bach, ""Montague Grammar and Classical Transformational Grammar"" Barbara H. Partee, ""Constraining Transformational Montague Grammar: A Framework and a Fragment"" James D. McCawley, ""Helpful Hints to the Ordinary Working Montague Grammarian"" Terence Parsons, ""Type Theory and Ordinary Language"" David R. Dowty, ""Dative 'Movement' and Thomason's Extensions of Montague Grammar"" Muffy E. A. Siegel, ""Measure Adjectives in Montague Grammar"" Michael Bennett, ""Mass Nouns and Mass Terms in Montague Grammar"" Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof, ""Infinitives and Context in Montague Grammar"" James Waldo, ""A PTQ Semantics for Sortal Incorrectness""

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Author:   Steven Davis ,  Marianne Mithun
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292740723

ISBN 10:   0292740727
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 October 1979
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction (Steven Davis and Marianne Mithun) 1. Montague Grammar and Classical Transformational Grammar (Emmon Bach) 2. Constraining Transformational Montague Grammar: A Framework and a Fragment (Barbara H. Partee) 3. Helpful Hints to the Ordinary Working Montague Grammarian (James D. McCawley) 4. Type Theory and Ordinary Language (Terence Parsons) 5. Dative ‘Movement’ and Thomason’s Extensions of Montague Grammar (David R. Dowty) 6. Measure Adjectives in Montague Grammar (Muffy E. A. Siegel) 7. Mass Nouns and Mass Terms in Montague Grammar (Michael Bennett) 8. Infinitives and Context in Montague Grammar (Jeroen Groenendijk and Martin Stokhof) 9. A PTQ Semantics for Sortal Incorrectness (James Waldo) Index

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Steven Davis is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University and Carleton University. Marianne Mithun is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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