Semantic Analysis

A Practical Introduction

AvCliff Goddard

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

This lively textbook introduces students and scholars to practical and precise methods for articulating the meanings of words and sentences, and for revealing connections between language and culture. Topics range over emotions, speech acts, words for animals and artefacts, motion, activity verbs, causatives, discourse particles, and nonverbal communication. Alongside English, it features a wide range of other languages, including Malay, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and Australian Aboriginal languages. Undergraduates, graduate students and professional linguists alike will benefit from Goddard's wide-ranging summaries, clear explanations and analytical depth. Meaning is fundamental to language and linguistics. This book shows that the study of meaning can be rigorous, insightful and exciting.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-08-04
Mått:179 x 245 x 42 mm
Vikt:881 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics
Antal sidor:512
Upplaga:2
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199560288

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Cliff Goddard is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia. He was previously Professor of Linguistics, University of New England. His books include The Languages of East and Southeast Asia (OUP 2005). He is co-editor with Anna Wierzbicka of Meaning and Universal Grammar (Benjamins 2002) with whom he is currently working on a book concerned with words and meanings.

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a valuable textbook grounded in the Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, with enough breadth and depth to be suitable for most basic semantics courses.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Semantics: The Study of Meaning ; 2. Three Traditions: Lexicography, Logic, and Structuralism ; 3. NSM and Other Contemporary Approaches ; 4. The Semantics of Emotions ; 5. Speech-act Verbs ; 6. Discourse Particles and Interjections ; 7. Animals and Artefacts ; 8. Motion ; 9. Physical Activity Verbs ; 10. Causatives ; 11. Grammatical Categories ; 12. Developments, Extensions, and Applications ; Solutions to Selected Exercises ; Bibliography