22.1188, Books: Semantics/Syntax: Murphy

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Date: 11-Mar-2011
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Lexical Meaning: Murphy

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From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Lexical Meaning: Murphy

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Title: Lexical Meaning 
Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Author: M. Lynne Murphy

Hardback: ISBN:  9780521860314 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521860314 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521677646 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 22.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521677646 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 37.99

Abstract:

The ideal introduction for students of semantics, Lexical Meaning fills the gap 
left by more general semantics textbooks, providing the teacher and the 
student with insights into word meaning beyond the traditional overviews of 
lexical relations. The book explores the relationship between word meanings 
and syntax and semantics more generally. It provides a balanced overview of 
the main theoretical approaches, along with a lucid explanation of their 
relative strengths and weaknesses. After covering the main topics in lexical 
meaning, such as polysemy and sense relations, the textbook surveys the 
types of meanings represented by different word classes. It explains abstract 
concepts in clear language, using a wide range of examples, and includes 
linguistic puzzles in each chapter to encourage the student to practise using 
the concepts. 'Adopt-a-Word' exercises give students the chance to research 
a particular word, building a portfolio of specialist work on a single word. 

Table of Contents

Part I. Meaning and the Lexicon: 

1. The lexicon - some preliminaries; 
2. What do we mean by meaning?; 
3. Components and prototypes; 
4. Modern componential approaches - and some alternatives;

Part II. Relations Among Words and Senses: 

5. Meaning variation: polysemy, homonymy and vagueness; 
6. Lexical and semantic relations; 

Part III. Word Classes and Semantic Types: 

7. Ontological categories and word classes; 
8. Nouns and countability; 
9. Predication: verbs, events, and states; 
10. Verbs and time; 
11. Adjectives and properties. 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax

Written In: English  (eng)

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