An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

This clear and accessible textbook introduces the crucial concepts essential to your study of the semantics and pragmatics of English. Coverage is wide-ranging, taking you from word meaning to the level of discourse, and explaining how these topics are treated in contemporary linguistic research. Chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics.
Supported by chapter summaries and with plenty of usage examples, exercises and discussion questions, you will not only gain a systematic overview of meaning in English but be equipped with the tools to argue for specific analyses as well.

Author: Patrick Griffiths
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 02/23/2023
Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781399504614
3rd 66,785 Edition