这本杂志致力于语义学及其语法接口，尤其是语法。它鼓励使用逻辑和哲学概念的方法与生成语法的观点在意义和结构之间的关系上的融合。自然语言语义学发表了对语言现象的研究，包括量化、否定、情态、系谱、时态、方面、动作、聚焦、预设、回指、明确、复数、量词、形容词、状语修饰、名词化、省略和疑问。该杂志以研究文章为主，但也有短篇导火索，以及对相关书籍和文章的评论和回复。
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.