Natural Language Semantics

Name: Natural Language Semantics
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ISBN: 9780631192978

ISBN-10: 0631192972

ISBN-13: 9780631192978

Edition: 2001

Authors: Keith Allan

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Natural Language Semantics discusses fundamental concepts for linguistic semantics. This book combines theoretical explanations of several methods of inquiry with detailed semantic analysis and emphasises the philosophy that semantics is about meaning in human languages and that linguistic meaning is cognitively and functionally motivated. Providing the reader with the basic tools and skills needed to progress to original research, this volume introduces fundamental assumptions about meaning in language, discusses lexicological semantics, and explains formal semantic tools. It reviews cognitive and functional approaches to semantics, investigates the internal semantics of clauses and…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/8/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.78" wide x 9.67" long x 1.51" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Preface


Symbols Used



Some Fundamental Concepts for Semantics



Words and Worlds and Reference



The Lexicon and The Encyclopedia



Morphology and Listemes



The Power of Words: Connotation and Jargon



Semantic Relations between Sentences


Predicate Logic, Sets, and Lambda: Tools for Semantic Analysis



Frames, Fields, and Semantic Components



Cognitive Semantics: Backs, Colours, and Classifiers



Using the Typical Denotatum to Identify the Intended Referent



Mood, Tense, Modality, and Thematic Roles



The Semantics of Clause Predicates



Quantifiers in English.Epilogue


References


Index