Description

Overview:

This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect.

Subject:

Linguistics

Level:

Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Textbook

Author:

Paul Kroeger

Provider:

Language Science Press

Date Added:

01/01/2015