Semantics

ISBN-13: 9780415216104 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 104 str.

Howard Gregory

Opis

Semantics is an accessible and practical introduction to formal semantics, the study of linguistic meaning, for students new to the subject. Semantics:
* shows how meanings are built up and interrelated
* presupposes very little prior knowledge of grammar or linguistic terminology
* includes a glossary of technical terms
* provides a progression of exercises with answers given at the back
* backs up the activities with short, clear explanations
* includes an appendix on sets and functions.

Spis treści

1 Pinning down semantics 2 Truth conditions 3 Getting inside sentences 4 Meaning relations (1) 5 Meaning relations (2) 6 Things and events 7 Quantifiers (1) 8 Quantifiers (2) 9 Argument structure 10 Appendices

O autorze

Howard Gregory has taught languages and linguistics at various levels and in several countries. He currently works at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.