Semantic analysis : a practical introduction / Cliff Goddard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goddard, Cliff.

Series:

Oxford textbooks in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Physical Description:

xvii, 490 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

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 artifacts, 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.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-475) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199560288

0199560285

OCLC:

755909795