Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Cruse, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019926306X ISBN 13: 9780199263066

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. Rich in examples and exercises, Meaning in Language provides an invaluable descriptive approach to this area of linguistics for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Formerly Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Manchester.

Review:

"Enjoyable throughout...an extremely good textbook. ... Certainly, the cognitive theory of meaning will get a boost with this introductory textbook."--Linguist List

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 019926306X
• ISBN 13: 9780199263066
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456