Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics
Published on 28. February 2023
186 pages
978-1-3995-0463-8 (ISBN)
Description
An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics).
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Patrick Griffiths | Chris Cummins
An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics
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03/2023
3rd Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€126.50
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Preface to the third edition
- 1 Studying meaning
- Overview
- 1.1 Sentences and utterances
- 1.2 Types of meaning
- 1.3 Semantics vs pragmatics
- Summary
- Exercises
- 2 Sense relations
- Overview
- 2.1 Propositions and entailment
- 2.2 Compositionality
- 2.3 Synonymy
- 2.4 Complementarity, antonymy, converseness and incompatibility
- 2.5 Hyponymy
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 3 Nouns
- Overview
- 3.1 The has-relation
- 3.2 Count nouns and mass nouns
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 4 Adjectives
- Overview
- 4.1 Gradability
- 4.2 Combining adjective meanings with noun meanings
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 5 Verbs
- Overview
- 5.1 Verb types and arguments
- 5.2 Causative verbs
- 5.3 Thematic relations
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 6 Tense and aspect
- Overview
- 6.1 Talking about events in time
- 6.2 Tense
- 6.3 Aspect
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 7 Modality, scope and quantification
- Overview
- 7.1 Modality
- 7.2 Semantic scope
- 7.3 Quantification
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 8 Pragmatic inference
- Overview
- 8.1 Some ways of conveying additional meanings
- 8.2 The Gricean maxims
- 8.3 Relevance Theory
- 8.4 Presuppositions
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 9 Figurative language
- Overview
- 9.1 Literal and figurative usage
- 9.2 Metaphor
- 9.3 Metonymy
- 9.4 Simile
- 9.5 Irony
- 9.6 Hyperbole
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 10 Utterances in context
- Overview
- 10.1 Tailoring utterances to the audience
- 10.2 Definiteness
- 10.3 Given and new material
- 10.4 The Question Under Discussion
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- 11 Doing things with words
- Overview
- 11.1 Speech acts
- 11.2 Indicators of speech acts
- Summary
- Exercises
- Recommendations for reading
- Suggested answers to the exercises
- References
- Index
