David Dowty
Encyclopedia
David Dowty is a linguist known primarily for his work in semantic
and syntactic
theory, and especially in Montague grammar
and Categorial grammar
. Dr. Dowty is a professor emeritus of linguistics
at the Ohio State University
.
Semantics
Semantics is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata....
and syntactic
Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
theory, and especially in Montague grammar
Montague grammar
Montague grammar is an approach to natural language semantics, named after American logician Richard Montague. The Montague grammar is based on formal logic, especially higher order predicate logic and lambda calculus, and makes use of the notions of intensional logic, via Kripke models...
and Categorial grammar
Categorial grammar
Categorial grammar is a term used for a family of formalisms in natural language syntax motivated by the principle of compositionality and organized according to the view that syntactic constituents should generally combine as functions or according to a function-argument relationship...
. Dr. Dowty is a professor emeritus of linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
at the Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
.
Publications
- Dowty D.R (1991). Thematic Proto-Roles and Argument Selection. Language 67: 547-619
- Introduction to Montague Semantics ISBN 90-277-1142-9
- Word Meaning and Montague Grammar (1979) ISBN 90-277-1009-0
External links
- David Dowty's home page at the Ohio State University Department of Linguistics