
Semantics
Kate Kearns(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 26. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-333-73843-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This is an introductory textbook in semantics for lower level undergraduates, including extensive end of chapter exercises and suggestions for further reading. The main aim of the book is to provide a good understanding of a range of semantic phenomena and issues in semantics, adopting a truth conditional account of meaning, but without using a compositional formalism. The book assumes no particular background in linguistics or philosophy, and all the technical tools used are explained as they are introduced. The style aims to be accessible, with numerous examples.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
further reading, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-73843-6 (9780333738436)
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Person
KATE KEARNS is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Content
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction First Order Logic Modality and Possible Words Natural Language Quantifiers Definite Descriptions Indefinite Descriptions, Plurals, Generics and Mass NPs Tense and Aspect Events Aspectual Classes of Events Thematic Roles Reviewed Implicature and Explicature Further Reading Index