Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics

Alan Cruse

ISBN 10: 0199559465 / ISBN 13: 9780199559466

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2010

2011. 3rd Edition. Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. Series: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 512 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFGA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 890. . . . . . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780199559466

Inhaltsangabe:

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language, covering not only semantic matters but also topics normally considered to fall under pragmatics. Above all, the book displays and explains the richness and subtlety of meaning, with the aid of numerous examples and exercises throughout the text. Highly readable, written with style and wit, Meaning in Language is not bound to any particular theory, but provides explanations of theoretical approaches and perspectives as the context requires, with a stress throughout on the need for conceptual clarity. The text and exercises in this third edition have been fully updated to take into account the most recent developments in the field and new chapters have been added, one on the semantics of prepositions and another on the semantics of derivational affixes.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Alan Cruse was formerly Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Manchester.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Meaning in Language: An Introduction to ...
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New
Auflage: 3. Auflage