Understanding semantics

By: Lobner, SebastianMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Arnold ; Oxford University Press, 2002Description: xii, 260 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0340731974 ; 9780340731970 ; 0340731982 ; 9780340731987Subject(s): SemanticsDDC classification: 401.43
Contents:
pt. I. Basic Concepts and Phenomena -- 1. Meaning and semantics -- 2. Descriptive, social and expressive meaning -- 3. Meanings and readings -- 4. Meaning and logic -- 5. Meaning relations -- 6. Predication -- pt. II. Theoretical Approaches -- 7. Meaning components -- 8. Meaning and language comparison -- 9. Meaning and cognition -- 10. Sentence meaning and formal semantics.
Summary: Understanding Semantics offers an up-to-date, broad and thorough introduction to linguistic semantics, the field of linguistic meaning central to the understanding of language. The book takes a step-by-step approach, starting with the basic concepts and moving through central questions to an examination of the methods and results of the science of linguistic meaning.
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Included Index.

pt. I. Basic Concepts and Phenomena --
1. Meaning and semantics --
2. Descriptive, social and expressive meaning --
3. Meanings and readings --
4. Meaning and logic --
5. Meaning relations --
6. Predication --
pt. II. Theoretical Approaches --
7. Meaning components --
8. Meaning and language comparison --
9. Meaning and cognition --
10. Sentence meaning and formal semantics.

Understanding Semantics offers an up-to-date, broad and thorough introduction to linguistic semantics, the field of linguistic meaning central to the understanding of language. The book takes a step-by-step approach, starting with the basic concepts and moving through central questions to an examination of the methods and results of the science of linguistic meaning.

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