Analyzing Meaning - Softcover

Kroeger, Paul R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1013293045 ISBN 13: 9781013293047

Verlag: Saint Philip Street Press, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. Most of the chapters include exercises which can be used for class discussion and/or homework assignments, and each chapter contains references for additional reading on the topics covered. As the title indicates, this book is truly an INTRODUCTION: it provides a solid foundation which will prepare students to take more advanced and specialized courses in semantics and/or pragmatics.

This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Saint Philip Street Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1013293045
• ISBN 13: 9781013293047
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 500
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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