A Kandinsky abstract seems appropriate on the cover of a text introducing modern semantics, as it interfaces with its mother discipline of linguistics, and the fields of psychology and philosophy (regarding meaning, thought, and reality). Saaed (U. of Dublin) frames topics in the description of word and sentence meaning (e.g. context, inference, and speech as action). He further reviews the three major theoretical approaches to semantics: componential theory, formal, and cognitive semantics. Exercises, suggestions for further reading, and a list of abbreviations and symbols should be useful to students. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Blackwell Pub.

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Words, Language & Grammar

Wiley/Blackwell

This second edition of Semantics provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field.    This second edition provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field.  Covers the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research.  Contains exercises that familiarize the student with the practice of semantic description.  Completely revised and updated with an extended discussion of theory.

This second edition of Semantics provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field. 
<ul> <li>This second edition provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field. 
</li> <li>Covers the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research. 
</li> <li>Contains exercises that familiarize the student with the practice of semantic description. 
</li> <li>Completely revised and updated with an extended discussion of theory.</li> </ul>

The only comprehensive, empirically driven, description of Irish Sign Language. As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse.

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Leeson, Lorraine

Edinburgh University Press

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Revised and updated to reflect recent theoretical developments in the field, Semantics, 4th Edition, presents an engaging and accessible introduction to the study of meaning in language for students new to the field of semantics. 
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<li>Covers all of the basic concepts and methods of the field of semantics, as well as some of the most important contemporary lines of research </li> <li>Features a series of new exercises, along with their solutions, that are arranged by level of difficulty </li> <li>Addresses componential theory, formal semantics, and cognitive semantics, the three main current theoretical approaches to semantics</li> <li>Includes revisions and updates that reflect the most recent theoretical developments </li> </ul>

The latest edition of the bestselling introduction to the field of linguistic semantics, updated throughout and featuring a wholly new chapter on inferential pragmatics Semantics, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive and well-balanced introduction to the study of the communication of meaning in language. Assuming no previous background in semantics and limited familiarity with formal linguistics, this student-friendly textbook describes the concepts, theory, and study of semantics in an accessible and clear style. Concise chapters describe the role of semantics within contemporary linguistics, cover key topics in the analysis of word and sentence meaning, and review major semantic theories such as componential theory, formal semantics, and cognitive semantics. The updated fifth edition incorporates recent theoretical developments and important research in linguistic semantics, featuring an entirely new chapter examining the overlap between inferential pragmatics and Relevance Theory, truth-conditional meaning, and other traditional areas of semantics. Revised and expanded sections discuss the continuing growth and consolidation of cognitive semantics, various contextual features of language, conceptualization and categorization, and construal and perspective. This edition includes new exercises with solutions, up-to-date references to relevant literature, and additional examples with data from a wide range of different languages. <ul> <li>Covers basic concepts and methods as well as key theoretical models, current lines of research, and important writers</li> <li>Explains general concepts in semantics before gradually moving to more advanced topics in semantic description and theoretical approaches</li> <li>Highlights the relation between cross-linguistic variation and language universals</li> <li>Provides students with the background necessary to understand more advanced and specialized primary semantics literature</li> <li>Includes a glossary of technical terms and numerous exercises arranged by level of difficulty</li> <li>Highlights the relationship between semantics and cross-linguistic variation, language universals, and pragmatics</li> </ul> With detailed examples from a wide range of contexts and a wealth of practical exercises, Semantics, Fifth Edition, remains the perfect textbook for undergraduate students of linguistics, English language, applied linguistics, modern languages, and computer sciences.

The third edition of this popular textbook provides an engaging and accessible introduction to semantics for students new to the field. 
<ul>
<li>Explores the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research</li> <li>Contains new solutions to chapter exercises in order to familiarize the student with the practice of semantic description</li> <li>Completely revised and updated to reflect recent theoretical developments</li> <li>Includes new sections on classifiers and noun classes, as well as conceptual integration</li> </ul>

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Semantics (Introducing Linguistics, 2)

Semantics (Introducing Linguistics)

Semantics (Introducing Linguistics, 2)

Semantics (Introducing Linguistics)

Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Somali reference grammar

Semantics (Introducing Linguistics)

Semantics (Introducing Linguistics)

Semantics