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Volume 1
Chapter 1: Introduction
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- Additional wiki pages on basic semantic notions
- Additional exercises
- Additional reading
- Wiki page on syllogisms
Chapter 2: Predicate logic
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A relatively standard definition of first order predicate logic is introduced. The chapter can be skipped by readers with prior knowledge in logic.
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- Additional wiki pages
- Wiki page on predicate logic (including definitons, podcasts etc.)
- Additional exercises
- Additional reading
Chapter 3: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar
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The syntax of a fragment of English is defined. The fragment contains canonical structure, but also the definition for unbounded dependencies.
While the fragment is relatively standard, even readers with an HPSG background should consult it to see the details of our particular version of HPSG. This is necessary because the syntax-semantics interface, introduced from Chapter 5 on, will rely on this fragment.
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Chapter 4: Higher Order Logic
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Chapter 5: Simplified LRS
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Chapter 6: Quantifiers and quantification
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Chapter 7: Negative concord
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Chapter 8: Embedded sentences
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Appendix
- The semantic representation language used in the textbook
- The signature used in the textbook
- The principles of grammar and the ID schemata used in the textbook
- The LRS-specific principles used in the textbook
Volume 2
Volume 2 is in a vague planning phase. Here are the topics that we think could/should be included in a second volume of our LRS textbook.
Chapter: Auxiliaries, modality, and quantification in English and German
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Chapter: Polyadic quantification
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Chapter: Idioms and collocations
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Chapter: Negative polarity items
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Chapter: Projective meaning
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Chapter: Implementing LRS
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Appendix Volume 2
- The semantic representation language used in the textbook
- The signature used in the textbook
- The principles of grammar and the ID schemata used in the textbook
- The LRS-specific principles used in the textbook
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