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An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics /
An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book 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 significan...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2006.
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| Series: | Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book 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. This textbook is compact and self-contained, offering: Discussion of many examples A theoretically informed approach Accessible organisation and style Detailed treatment of selected areas of English Consolidation and extension through exercises 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0748626883 9780748626885 1474412823 9781474412827 1474412815 9781474412810 1322980349 9781322980348 1280553898 9781280553899 9786610553891 6610553890 0748616322 9780748616329 |