Ruth Kempson

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Ruth Kempson
Born26 June 1944
EducationSOAS (PhD)
Awards FBA
Scientific career
Fields linguistics
Institutions SOAS
Thesis Presupposition and the delimitation of semantics  (1973)
Doctoral advisor Charles Ernest Bazell
Other academic advisors Randolph Quirk, Anita Mittwoch, Neilson V. Smith, Deirdre Wilson
Doctoral students John Saeed

Ruth Margaret Kempson, FBA (born 26 June 1944) is a British linguist. She is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at King's College, London. [1] [2]

In 1977, Kempson published Semantic Theory, which discusses the concept of entailment in linguistics. A proposition (P) is entailed by another (Q) if P is true when Q is true and Q is false when P is false, but Q is not strictly defined if P is true. [3] She was awarded a Fellow of the British Academy in 1989. [4] She has made contributions to the theoretical framework of Dynamic syntax. [5]

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References

  1. "Professor Ruth Kempson FBA". King's College, London. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. "Kempson, Prof. Ruth Margaret, (Mrs M. J. Pinner)", Who's Who (A&C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2016). Retrieved 30 November 2017 (subscription required).
  3. Allen, Keith (2014). Linguistic Meaning (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics). Routledge. p. 285. ISBN   978-1-134-74244-8.
  4. "FBA for two Kings Professors". King's College, London. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. Ronnie., Cann (2005). The dynamics of language : an introduction. Kempson, Ruth M., Marten, Lutz. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN   9780126135367. OCLC   75427895.