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Kearns' book provides a lively and engaging introduction to formal semantics. This new edition extends the scope of the first edition by providing additional material on formalization in a very accessible manner. The presentation is clear and user-friendly throughout, making this a really useful resource for use with undergraduates and beginning graduate students alike' – Professor Louisa Sadler, University of Essex Semantics is the study of the literal meaning of words and the meaning of the way words are combined. This engaging introduction to formal semantics assumes no prior knowledge, providing a solid understanding of a range of semantic phenomena. Truly wide-ranging in coverage, no other introductory textbook discusses a comparable range of topics. Areas covered include: • a beginner's introduction to type theory and the lambda calculus • generalized quantifier theory • referential opacity • thematic roles and lexical conceptual structure • aktionsarten • tense and aspect, including Discourse Representation Theory • event semantics Illustrated throughout with numerous practical examples, each chapter also contains exercises, graded to three different levels of difficulty, a
Who reads Semantics (Macmillan Modern Linguistics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kate Kearns
- Publisher
- Red Globe Press; Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230232303
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics