Description
| Product ID: | 9781444122435 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Understanding Language |
| Title: | Understanding Semantics |
| Authors: | Author: Sebastian Loebner |
| Page Count: | 380 |
| Subjects: | Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Understanding Semantics, Second Edition is a modern and comprehensive introduction to the linguistic discipline of semantics, covering the most important topics and theoretical approaches. Understanding Semantics, Second Edition, provides an engaging and accessible introduction to linguistic semantics. The first part takes the reader through a step-by-step guide to the main phenomena and notions of semantics, covering levels and dimensions of meaning, ambiguity, meaning and context, logical relations and meaning relations, the basics of noun semantics, verb semantics and sentence semantics. The second part provides a critical introduction to the basic notions of the three major theoretical approaches to meaning: structuralism, cognitive semantics and formal semantics. Key features include:
This book is an essential resource for all undergraduate students studying semantics. Sebastian Löbner is a Professor of Linguistics at the Institute for Language and Information at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-06-17 |
