這本雜志致力于語義學及其語法接口，尤其是語法。它鼓勵使用邏輯和哲學概念的方法與生成語法的觀點在意義和結構之間的關系上的融合。自然語言語義學發表了對語言現象的研究，包括量化、否定、情態、系譜、時態、方面、動作、聚焦、預設、回指、明確、復數、量詞、形容詞、狀語修飾、名詞化、省略和疑問。該雜志以研究文章為主，但也有短篇導火索，以及對相關書籍和文章的評論和回復。

This journal is devoted to semantics and its interfaces in grammar, especially syntax. It encourages the convergence of approaches employing the concepts of logic and philosophy with perspectives of generative grammar on the relations between meaning and structure.Natural Language Semantics publishes studies focused on linguistic phenomena, including quantification, negation, modality, genericity, tense, aspect, aktionsarten, focus, presuppositions, anaphora, definiteness, plurals, mass nouns, adjectives, adverbial modification, nominalization, ellipsis, and interrogatives. The journal features mainly research articles, but also short squibs as well as remarks on and replies to pertinent books and articles.