34.30, Books: Semantics, 5th Edition: Saeed

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Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:23:02
From: Aleksandra Tasic [atasic at wiley.com]
Subject: Semantics, 5th Edition: Saeed

 


Title: Semantics, 5th Edition 
Series Title: Introducing Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Wiley
	   http://www.wiley.com
	

Book URL: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Semantics%2C+5th+Edition-p-9781119709886 


Author: John I. Saeed

Electronic: ISBN:  9781119709886 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 43.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781119709855 Pages: 592 Price: U.S. $ 53.95


Abstract:

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.

Covers basic concepts and methods as well as key theoretical models, current
lines of research, and important writers
Explains general concepts in semantics before gradually moving to more
advanced topics in semantic description and theoretical approaches
Highlights the relation between cross-linguistic variation and language
universals
Provides students with the background necessary to understand more advanced
and specialized primary semantics literature
Includes a glossary of technical terms and numerous exercises arranged by
level of difficulty
Highlights the relationship between semantics and cross-linguistic variation,
language universals, and pragmatics
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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=166533




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