SemanticsThe third edition of this popular textbook provides an engaging and accessible introduction to semantics for students new to the field.
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Contents
Meaning Thought and Reality | |
Word Meaning | |
FURTHER READING | |
Sentence Relations and Truth | |
Situations | |
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Context and Inference | |
Speech as Action | |
Meaning Components | |
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Formal Semantics | |
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Cognitive Semantics | |
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Common terms and phrases
action activity AGENT allow alternation approach argument aspect basic called cause chapter claim classes colour combination components conceptual constructions containing context course definition describe direct discussion distinction earlier elements English entailment entity event example expressions fact false Figure function further give given grammatical hearer identify important individual inference interpretation involves John kind knowledge language lexical linguistic logic look marked meaning metaphor modality motion nominal noun object occur passive past phrase position possible predicate presupposition problem processes pronouns proposed quantifiers question reference reflect relations relationship representation represented roles rules seems seen semantic sense sentence shown similar simple situation space speaker speech acts statements structure suggests tense thematic roles theory Thing true truth typical universal utterance verbs