Realms of meaning : an introduction to semantics
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Realms of meaning : an introduction to semantics
（Learning about language）
Routledge, 2014
- : hardback
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"First published 1993 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Realms of Meaning presents an accessible introduction to semantics. It provides an understanding of the way meaning works in natural languages, against a background of how we communicate with language. Avoiding theoretical terminology and linguistic theories it concentrates instead on the analysis of meaning, and looks in depth at such subjects as opposites and negatives, modal verbs, prepositions and word meanings. Examples are chosen mainly from English to provide material for the wider discussion of the principles of the subject, but European, East Asian and other languages also provide illuminating examples.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. On Entering the Realms
2. Markedness
3. Opposites and Negatives
4. Deixis
5. Orientations
6. Modal Verbs
7. Time: Tense and Aspect
8. Limits to Events
9. Prepositions
10. Reference and Predication
11. Words and Sentences
12. Word Meanings
13. Combining Sentences
14. Meaning and Context
15. Afterwords
Acknowledgements
Index.
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