Meaning in Language An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics

Name: Meaning in Language An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
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ISBN: 9780199559466

ISBN-10: 0199559465

ISBN-13: 9780199559466

Edition: 3rd 2010

Authors: Alan Cruse

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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 oftheoretical 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…

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List price: $30.49
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 8.31" wide x 9.69" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Alan Cruse was formerly Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Manchester University. He is the author of <i Lexical Semantics</i (1986), <i Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics</i (2nd edition 2004), joint author (with W. Croft) of <i Cognitive Linguistics</i (2004), and joint editor (with P. Lutzeier, F. Hundsnurscher, M. Job) of <i Handbook of Lexicology</i (Vol. 1, 2002, Vol. 2, 2005).