Introduction to Semantics: An Essential Guide to the Composition of Meaning

by Wolfgang Sternefeld and Thomas Ede Zimmermann

This textbook helps undergraduate students of language and linguistics taking their first steps in one of the core areas of grammar, introducing them to the basic ideas, insights, and techniques of contemporary semantic theory. Requiring no special background knowledge, the book starts with everyday observations about word meaning and use and then hightlights the role of structure in the analysis of the meanings of phrases and clauses, zooming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110308002
• ISBN13: 9783110308006
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"