Semantics (Introducing Linguistics) - Softcover

Saeed, John I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631200355 ISBN 13: 9780631200352

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

Synopsis

This volume provides an engaging introduction to semantics for readers new to the subject.

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Book Description:

This book provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field. It covers the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research. Semantics is divided into three parts: the first establishes the place of semantics within linguistics and its relationship to other disciplines. The second introduces key topics in the description of word and sentence meaning. The final part reviews the three main current theoretical approaches to semantics: componential theory, formal semantics, and cognitive semantics. Each chapter contains exercises that familiarize the student with the practice of semantic description. The second edition of this classic work is a complete revision that updates and extends the discussion of theories and is a vital resource for students of semantics.

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This volume provides an engaging introduction to semantics for readers new to the subject.

The book has three sections. Part I is concerned with the place of semantics within linguistics and its relation with the disciplines of philosophy and psychology. Part II introduces central topics in the description of word and sentence meaning. Part III reviews the three main current theoretical approaches to semantics: componential theory, formal semantics and cognitive semantics.The book discusses semantic phenomena from a wide range of languages. Each chapter contains exercises to allow the reader to explorethe issues raised, and suggestions fro further readings.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0631200355
• ISBN 13: 9780631200352
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384