An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

by Patrick Griffiths and Professor Patrick Griffiths

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748616322
• ISBN13: 9780748616329
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"