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Providing a clear and accessible introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, the second edition of this bestselling textbook outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). As well as gaining a systematic overview of meaning in English, readers can learn how to argue for analyses. Among the significant concepts introduced are denotation, sense relations, event types, explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and (at an elementary level) Generalised Quantifier Theory. Sense relations - such as antonymy and hyponymy - are presented as summarising patterns of entailment. The sense of a word is seen as the contributions it makes to the entailments carried by sentences.
The chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics.
The new edition of this successful textbook is compact and self-contained, offering:
· Accessible style and clear structure
· A theoretically informed approach
· Expanded exercises at the end of each chapter
· Expanded coverage of English pragmatics both at the sentence and discourse level
· A new chapter devoted to sense relations
The first edition of 'An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics' was written by Patrick Griffiths. The second edition has been revised by Christopher Cummins.
The chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics.
The new edition of this successful textbook is compact and self-contained, offering:
· Accessible style and clear structure
· A theoretically informed approach
· Expanded exercises at the end of each chapter
· Expanded coverage of English pragmatics both at the sentence and discourse level
· A new chapter devoted to sense relations
The first edition of 'An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics' was written by Patrick Griffiths. The second edition has been revised by Christopher Cummins.
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Chris Cummins is a Chancellor's Fellow in the department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh.
Patrick Griffiths was a professor of English at Beppu University, Japan. He taught courses on semantics, the structure of English, psycholinguistics and general linguistics at a number of universities, including Beppu, the University of the South Pacific, and in the UK at York University and York St John. He was author of the first edition of An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics (EUP).
Chris Cummins is a Chancellor's Fellow in the department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh.
Patrick Griffiths was a professor of English at Beppu University, Japan. He taught courses on semantics, the structure of English, psycholinguistics and general linguistics at a number of universities, including Beppu, the University of the South Pacific, and in the UK at York University and York St John. He was author of the first edition of An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics (EUP).
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- EditoreEdinburgh Univ Pr
- Data di pubblicazione2016
- ISBN 10 1474412815
- ISBN 13 9781474412810
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero edizione2
- Numero di pagine174
- Valutazione libreria
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