Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Which semantics? 1
4. Why a mind is necessary 25
5. What is Montague semantics? 39
6. Construal operations in linguistics and artificial intelligence 51
7. Salience phenomena in the lexicon 79
8. Prototypicality, typicality, and context 103
9. Directions and perspective points in spatial perception 123
10. Force and emotion 145
11. The geometric roots of semantics 169
12. The history and future of field semantics 203
13. Notes 227
14. References 235
15. Glossary 253
16. Name index 259
17. Subject index 263