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Klappentext 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). Zusammenfassung 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). Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSPrefacePreface to the second edition1. Studying meaningOverview1.1 Sentences and utterances1.2 Types of meaning1.2.1 Denotation, sense, reference and deixis1.3 Semantics vs. pragmatics1.3.1 A first outline of semantics1.3.2 A first outline of pragmaticsSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes2. Sense relationsOverview2.1 Propositions and entailment2.1.1 Meaning postulates2.2 Compositionality2.3 Synonymy2.4 Complementarity, antonymy, converseness and incompatibility2.5 Hyponymy2.5.1 Hierarchies of hyponymsSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes3. NounsOverview3.1 The has-relation3.1.1 Pragmatic inferences from the has-relation3.1.2 Hyponymy and the has-relation3.1.3 Parts can have parts3.1.4 Spatial parts3.1.5 Ends and beginnings3.1.6 Body parts3.2 Count nouns and mass nounsSummaryExercisesRecommendations for reading4. AdjectivesOverview4.1 Gradability4.2 Composing adjectives with nouns4.3 Adjective meanings in contextSummaryExercisesRecommendations for reading5. VerbsOverview5.1 Verb types and arguments5.2 Causative verbs5.2.1 More general causatives5.3 Thematic relationsSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes6. Tense and aspectOverview6.1 Tense6.1.1 Preliminaries6.1.2 Present, Past and Future6.1.3 Tense and adverbials6.2 Aspect6.2.1 Habituality and simple aspect6.2.2 Progressive aspect6.2.3 Perfect aspect6.2.4 Perfect aspect or tense?SummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes7. Modality, scope and quantificationOverview7.1 Modality7.1.1 Modal verbs and tense7.1.2 Deontic and epistemic modality7.1.3 Core modal meanings7.2 Semantic scope7.3 Quantification7.3.1 Some basics about sets7.3.2 Simple quantifiers in terms of sets7.3.3 Proportional quantifiers7.3.4 Distributivity and collectivity7.3.5 Quantifier scopeSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes8. PragmaticsOverview8.1 Implicature8.2 The Gricean maxims8.2.1 Quantity implicatures8.2.2 Scalar implicatures8.2.3 Relevance implicatures8.2.4 Manner implicatures8.3 Relevance Theory8.4 PresuppositionsSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes9. Figurative languageOverview9.1 Literal and figurative usage9.2 Irony9.3 Metaphor, metonymy and simileSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes10. Utterances in contextOverview10.1 Definiteness10.2 Given and new material10.2.1 Pseudo-clefts10.2.2 It-clefts10.2.3 Passives10.2.4 Lexical and syntactic converses10.2.5 Focal stress10.3 The Question Under DiscussionSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingNotes11. Doing things with wordsOverview11.1 Speech acts11.2 Sentence types, and other indications11.2.1 Syntactic cues and indirect speech acts11.2.2 Lexical cues11.2.3 Discourse cues11.2.4 Integrating the informationSummaryExercisesRecommendations for readingSuggested answers to the exercisesBibliographyIndex...
