Jean Curthoys, Victor H. Dudman

Victor Dudman's Grammar and Semantics

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Produktbeschreibung

Victor Dudman's revolutionary English Grammar brings grammar and logic together by conceiving grammar as 'the necessary preliminary to logic'. The focus, for logicians, is the discussion of 'conditionals'; for grammarians it is the concise and accurate explanation of the infamous English modals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-02924-9
• 2012 edition
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781137029249
• ISBN-10: 1137029242
• Artikelnr.: 36730706

Autorenporträt

JEAN CURTHOYS taught Philosophy at Sydney University, Australia, until her retirement. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR V.H. DUDMAN taught Logic for many years at Macquarie University, Australia. In the earlier part of his career he was a Frege scholar and one of his translators. In his later years he worked on his own original English grammar and its application to problems in logic, most notably those concerning conditionals. He died in 2009.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements PART I: KICKING PHILOSOPHY UPSTAIRS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VIC DUDMAN'S CODE-BREAKING GRAMMAR; J.Curthoys Introduction Section One: Grammar Section Two: Philosophy - 'There will still be plenty left' Endnotes PART II: ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND THE ENGLISH MODALS; V.H.Dudman Messages Primary Messages States and Events The Fulcrum The Modals Secondary Messages ProjEctives PrActicals PrOpers Judgements As Time Goes By Bibliography Index

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