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1 online resource |
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Cover; Introducing English Semantics; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 The study of meaning; 1.1 The systematic study of meaning; 1.2 The nature of language; 1.3 Language acquisition; 1.4 Demonstrating semantic knowledge; 2 Language in use; 2.1 Pragmatics; 2.2 Natural and conventional signs; 2.3 Linguistic signs; 2.4 Prosody; 2.5 Non-verbal communication; 3 The dimensions of meaning; 3.1 Reference and denotation; 3.2 Connotation; 3.3 Sense relations; 3.4 Lexical and grammatical meanings; 3.5 Morphemes; 3.6 Homonymy and polysemy; 3.7 Lexical ambiguity |
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3.8 Sentence meaning4 Semantic roles; 4.1 Sentence and proposition; 4.2 Semantic roles; 4.2.1 Weather verbs (valency 0); 4.2.2 Performance verbs and experience verbs (valency 1); 4.2.3 Effective and affective verbs (valency 2 and 3); 4.3 Some changes in valency; 5 Lexical relations; 5.1 Lexical fields; 5.2 Kinship; 5.3 Hyponyms; 5.4 Synonyms; 5.5 Antonymy; 5.6 Binary and non-binary antonyms; 5.7 A comparison of four relations; 5.8 Converse antonyms; 5.9 Symmetry and reciprocity; 5.10 Expressions of quantity; 6 Reference; 6.1 Referents and referring expressions; 6.2 Extension and intension |
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6.3 Some different kinds of referents6.3.1 Unique and non-unique referents; 6.3.2 Concrete and abstract referents; 6.3.3 Countable and non-countable referents; 6.4 Different ways of referring; 6.4.1 Generic and non-generic reference; 6.4.2 Specific and non-specific reference; 6.4.3 Definite and indefinite reference; 6.5 Deixis; 6.6 Anaphora; 6.7 Shifts in ways of referring; 6.8 Referential ambiguity; 7 Sentences as arguments; 7.1 Full statement clauses; 7.2 Question clauses; 7.3 Infinitive clauses; 7.4 Gerund clauses; 7.5 Non-factual clauses; 7.6 Verbal nouns; 7.7 Comparing types of clauses |
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7.8 Syntactic ambiguity8 Aspect; 8.1 Generic and specific predications; 8.2 Stative predicates and dynamic predicates; 8.3 Durative and punctual; 8.4 Telic and atelic; 8.5 Ingressive, continuative, and egressive aspect; 8.5.1 Predicates of location; 8.5.2 Predicates of possession; 8.6 Prospective and retrospective; 8.7 Some grammatical expressions of aspect; 8.7.1 The prospective; 8.7.2 The perfect or retrogressive; 8.7.3 The progressive; 9 Factivity, implication, and modality; 9.1 Factivity; 9.2 Implicative predicates; 9.3 Modality; 10 A variety of predicates; 10.1 Attitudinal predicates |
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10.2 Enabling and preventing10.3 Perceptual predicates; 11 The semantics of morphological relations; 11.1 Formal processes of derivation; 11.2 Semantic processes in derivation; 11.3 Verbs formed from nouns; 11.3.1 Transfer meanings; 11.3.2 Effective meanings; 11.3.3 Instrumental meanings; 11.3.4 Vehicular meanings (instrument + transfer); 11.4 Verbs from adjectives; 11.5 Verbs from verbs; 11.6 Adjectives derived from verbs; 11.7 Adjectives derived from nouns; 11.8 Adjectives derived from adjectives; 11.9 Nouns derived from verbs; 11.10 Nouns derived from adjectives |
| Summary |
Introducing English Semantics, Second Edition is a practical introduction to understanding how meanings are expressed in the English language. Presenting the basic principles of the discipline of semantics, this newly revised edition explores the knowledge of language that speakers have which enables them to communicate - to express observations, opinions, intentions and the products of their imagination. The text emphasises pragmatic investigation with numerous illustrative examples of concepts and ample exercises to help students develop and improve their linguistic analysis skil |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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English language -- Semantics.
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English language -- Semantics -- Problems, exercises, etc
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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English language -- Semantics
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exercise books.
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Problems and exercises
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Problems and exercises.
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Problèmes et exercices.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1134605730 |
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9781134605736 |
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9781315886428 |
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1315886421 |
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