Introduction to Semantics: An Essential Guide to the Composition of Meaning

ISBN-13: 9783110308006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 301 str.

Thomas Ede Zimmermann; Wolfgang Sternefeld

Opis

This textbook introduces undergraduate students of language and linguistics to the basic ideas, insights, and techniques of contemporary semantic theory. The book starts with everyday observations about word meaning and use and then gradually zooms in on the question of how speakers manage to meaningfully communicate with phrases, sentences, and texts they have never come across before. Extensive English examples provide ample illustration.

O autorze

Thomas Ede Zimmermann, Goethe University Frankfurt; Wolfgang Sternefeld, University of Tübingen.