- 304 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
This lively, compact textbook introduces readers to semantics - the study of how we construct meaning in communication. Easy to follow, and with a clear structure, it explains formal terminology in a simple and understandable way, without using formal notation or logic, and draws on dozens of examples from up-to-date empirical research findings. Offering a tight integration of classic semantic issues with cognitive science, Javier Valenzuela provides a complete and coherent overview of the main topics in this area, including a review of the empirical methods used in semantic theorizing, and discussions of both non-traditional and new topics, such as how meaning is acquired by children and how meaning is constructed cross-linguistically. Featuring illustrations, exercises, activities, suggestions for further reading, highlighted key terms, and a comprehensive glossary, this book is accessible to beginners and undergraduates, including those from non-linguistic backgrounds with no prior knowledge of linguistic analysis. It will be an essential resource for courses in English language, English studies, linguistics and the cognitive sciences.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 What is Semantics?
- Chapter 2 Analysing Meaning: Some Methods
- Chapter 3 Language and Thought
- Chapter 4 Word Meaning
- Chapter 5 Meaning Relations
- Chapter 6 Acquisition of Meaning and Cross-Linguistic Meaning
- Chapter 7 Figurative Meaning
- Chapter 8 Sentential meaning
- Chapter 9 Discourse Meaning and Pragmatics
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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