An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics
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書誌事項
An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics
（Edinburgh textbooks on the English language / general editor, Heinz Giegerich）
Edinburgh University Press, 2006
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-188) and index
内容説明・目次
- 巻冊次
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: hbk ISBN 9780748616312
内容説明
This is an accessible undergraduate textbook for this key area of English linguistics. This introduction to the linguistic study of meaning outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and ways in which the potential is put to use (pragmatics). Readers will gain a systematic overview of meaning in English, as well as learning how to argue for analyses. The sense of a word is derived from the contributions it makes to the entailments carried by sentences. Patrick Griffiths presents sense relations, such as antonymy and hyponymy, as summarising patterns of entailment, integrating the idea of prototypes within them. Chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, word-building affixes, figurative language, and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide the basis for students wishing to progress to study of formal semantics. The main pragmatic notions included are: implicature, deixis, reference, definiteness, presupposition, illocutionary force and indirectness.
目次
- 1. Studying Meaning
- 2. Adjective Meanings
- 3. Noun Vocabulary
- 4. Verbs and Situations
- 5. Figurative Language
- 6. Tense and Aspect
- 7. Modality, Scope and Quantification
- 8. Pragmatics
- 9. Connecting Utterances to the Background.
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: pbk ISBN 9780748616329
内容説明
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). As well as gaining a systematic overview of meaning in English, readers can learn how to argue for analyses. Among the significant concepts introduced are denotation, sense relations, event types, explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and (at an elementary level) Generalised Quantifier Theory. Sense relations - such as antonymy and hyponymy - are presented as summarising patterns of entailment. The sense of a word is seen as the contributions it makes to the entailments carried by sentences. This textbook is compact and self-contained, offering: *Discussion of many examples *A theoretically informed approach *Accessible organisation and style *Detailed treatment of selected areas of English *Consolidation and extension through exercises The chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus.
Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope provide a foundation for subsequent study of formal semantics.
目次
- 1. Studying Meaning
- 2. Adjective Meanings
- 3. Noun Vocabulary
- 4. Verbs and Situations
- 5. Figurative Language
- 6. Tense and Aspect
- 7. Modality, Scope and Quantification
- 8. Pragmatics
- 9. Connecting Utterances to the Background
- Suggested answers for the exercises
- Bibliography
- Index.
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