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Zusatztext Praise for the new edition 'Building on the many strengths of the first edition of Meaning in Language, Alan Cruse has significantly updated this already valuable textbook. New thinking about lexical semantics can be found alongside concise and pithy illustrations of all aspects of pragmatics and grammar, making this an excellent resource for any reader interested in the nuts and bolts of linguistic meaning.' Informationen zum Autor Alan Cruse was formerly Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Manchester. Klappentext A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Fundamental Notions 1: Introduction 2: Logic and Meaning 3: Concepts and Meaning Part 2 Words and Their Meanings 4: Lexical Units 5: Contextual Variability of Word Meaning 6: Paradigmatic Relations of Inclusion and Identity 7: Paradigmatic Relations of Exclusion and Opposition 8: Lexical Hierarchies 9: Syntagmatic Semantic Relations 10: Describing Lexical Senses 1: Dimensions and Structures 11: Describing lexical Senses 2: Approaches to the Specification of Word Meanings 12: Extensions of Meaning Part 3 Grammatical Meaning 13: Grammatical Meaning: Nouns and Noun Phrases 14: Argument Structure and Transitivity 15: Grammatical Meaning: Verbs and Adjectives 16: The Semantics of Prepositions 17: The Semantics of Derivational Affixes part 4 Pragmatics 18: Speech Acts 19: Reference and Deixis 20: Conversational Implicatures Epilogue Answers to Questions References Author Index Subject Index ...
