Semantics and pragmatics : meaning in language and discourse

Author(s)

• Jaszczolt, Katarzyna

Bibliographic Information

Semantics and pragmatics : meaning in language and discourse

K.M. Jaszczolt

（Longman linguistics library）

Longman, 2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-390) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Semantics is a core topic on the majority of undergraduate linguistic degree courses: it is the study of meaning in language, both in terms of definition and the way meanings are conveyed and vary within everyday situations. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to approaches to meaning and presents the most popular and successful theories in a way that makes them accessible for undergraduates. It also explores how the boundry between semantics and pragmatics may be drawn and sums up a coherent picture of meaning in language system and in language use.

Table of Contents

Word meaning, sentence meaning, speaker meaning Concepts Sentence Meaning Sentential connectives Quantified expressions and predicate logic Syntax and semantics of predicate logic: an overview Referring expressions and propositional attitude reports Topic, focus and presupposition Deictic expressions Implicature What is said and the semantics/pragmatics interface Temporality Dynamic semantics and Discourse Representation Theory Speech acts and intentionality Linguistic politeness Cross-cultural pragmatics Metaphor

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Details

• NCID: BA57306194
• ISBN:
  • 9780582418905
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 405 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 401.43
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sematics
  • LCSH : Pragmatics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00267274