Measurements, Numerals and Scales

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Measurements, Numerals and Scales is written by Nicole Gotzner and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030733238 (ISBN 10) and 9783030733230 (ISBN 13).

This book brings together chapters on the semantics and pragmatics of measurement, scales, and numerical expressions. The chapters highlight recent developments in measurement theory, the meaning of numerical expressions and the relation between measurement scales and entailment scales. The authors provide explorations in formal and experimental semantics and pragmatics, as well as at the interfaces of this field with others including philosophy of language and sociolinguistics. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in these areas, as well as psychology, psycholinguistics and artificial intelligence.