The second edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics.

Table of Contents

• Dedication
• Notes on Contributors
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I Quantifiers, Scope, Plurals, and Ellipsis
• 1 Generalized Quantifiers in Natural Language Semantics - Dag Westerst ˚ahl
• 2 Scope - Chris Barker
• 3 Plurals - Yoad Winter and Remko Scha
• 4 Ellipsis - Ruth Kempson, Ronnie Cann, Arash Eshghi, Eleni Gregoromichelaki, and Matthew Purver
• Part II Modification, Presupposition, Tense, and Modality
• 5 Adjectival Modification and Gradation - Daniel Lassiter
• 6 Presupposition and Implicature - Christopher Potts
• 7 The Semantics of Tense and Aspect: A Finite-State Perspective - Tim Fernando
• 8 Conditionals and Modality - Magdalena Kaufmann and Stefan Kaufmann
• Part III Nondeclaratives
• 9 Semantics of Questions - Andrzej Wi´sniewski
• 10 The Semantics of Imperatives - Chris Fox
• Part IV Type Theory and Computational Semantics
• 11 Constructive Type Theory - Aarne Ranta
• 12 Type Theory with Records for Natural Language Semantics - Robin Cooper and Jonathan Ginzburg
• 13 Curry Typing, Polymorphism, and Fine-Grained Intensionality - Shalom Lappin
• 14 Semantic Complexity in Natural Language - Ian Pratt-Hartmann
• 15 Implementing Semantic Theories - Jan van Eijck
• 16 Vector Space Models of Lexical Meaning - Stephen Clark
• 17 Recognizing Textual Entailment - Mark Sammons
• Part V Interfaces
• 18 Natural Logic - Lawrence S. Moss
• 19 The Syntax-Semantics Interface: Semantic Roles and Syntactic Arguments - Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin
• 20 Reference in Discourse - Andrew Kehler
• 21 Probabilistic Semantics and Pragmatics: Uncertainty in Language and Thought - Noah D. Goodman and Daniel Lassiter
• 22 Semantics and Dialogue - David Schlangen
• 23 Semantics and Language Acquisition - Eve V. Clark