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For a full list of titles in the Understanding Language series, please visit https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-Language/book-series/ULAN Understanding Semantics, Second Edition, provides an engaging and accessible introduction to linguistic semantics. The first part takes the reader through a step-by-step guide to the main phenomena and notions of semantics, covering levels and dimensions of meaning, ambiguity, meaning and context, logical relations and meaning relations, the basics of noun semantics, verb semantics and sentence semantics. The second part provides a critical introduction to the basic notions of the three major theoretical approaches to meaning: structuralism, cognitive semantics and formal semantics. Key features include: • A consistent mentalist perspective on meaning • Broad coverage of lexical and sentence semantics, including three new chapters discussing deixis, NP semantics, presuppositions, verb semantics and frames • Examples from a wider range of languages that include German, Japanese, Spanish and Russian. • Practical exercises on linguistic data • Companion website including all figures and tables from the book, an online dictionary, answers to the

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Author

Sebastian Löbner

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781444122435

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Poetry