Semantics / John I. Saeed

By:

John I. Saeed [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, c2023.Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xviii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 26cmISBN:

9781119709855

Subject(s):

Semantics

DDC classification:

REF 401.43 Sa16

Contents:

Preliminaries. Semantics in linguistics Meaning, thought, and reality Semantic description. Word meaning Sentence relations and truth Sentence semantics 1: situations Sentence semantics 2: participants Meaning and context Theoretical approaches. Meaning components Formal semantics Cognitive semantics Inferential pragmatics

Summary: "This fifth edition of Semantics has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the most recent theoretical developments in the field of linguistic semantics. Divided into three parts, Semantics provides and engaging introduction to the field for students new to the field by establishing the place of semantics within linguistics, introducing key topics in the description of word and sentence meaning, and reviewing the main current theoretical approaches to semantics. A significant update to this edition is an entirely new chapter introducing the incursion of pragmatics into traditional areas of semantics including that of Recanati, Relevance Theory and truth-conditional meaning. This new chapter will offer students a clear understanding of the overlap between the subdisciplines. Key pedagogical features through every chapter will be updated such as the exercises with solutions which are designed to further knowledge of linguistic concepts, and a helpful glossary of technical terminology will remain. Semantics, 5th Edition, continues to set the standard as the most invaluable and accessible introduction to the field of contemporary linguistic semantics available today"-- Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
REFERENCE BOOKS	LAPULAPU-CEBU INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE REFERENCE SECTION	Reference	REF 401.43 Sa16 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005726

Preliminaries. Semantics in linguistics
Meaning, thought, and reality
Semantic description. Word meaning
Sentence relations and truth
Sentence semantics 1: situations
Sentence semantics 2: participants
Meaning and context
Theoretical approaches. Meaning components
Formal semantics
Cognitive semantics
Inferential pragmatics

"This fifth edition of Semantics has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the most recent theoretical developments in the field of linguistic semantics. Divided into three parts, Semantics provides and engaging introduction to the field for students new to the field by establishing the place of semantics within linguistics, introducing key topics in the description of word and sentence meaning, and reviewing the main current theoretical approaches to semantics. A significant update to this edition is an entirely new chapter introducing the incursion of pragmatics into traditional areas of semantics including that of Recanati, Relevance Theory and truth-conditional meaning. This new chapter will offer students a clear understanding of the overlap between the subdisciplines. Key pedagogical features through every chapter will be updated such as the exercises with solutions which are designed to further knowledge of linguistic concepts, and a helpful glossary of technical terminology will remain. Semantics, 5th Edition, continues to set the standard as the most invaluable and accessible introduction to the field of contemporary linguistic semantics available today"-- Provided by publisher

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