An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics /
Griffiths, Patrick, 1942-2012,
An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics / Patrick Griffiths ; revised by Chris Cummins. - Second edition. - Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017. - xii, 174 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm - Edinburgh textbooks on the English language . - Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. .
Previous edition: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying meaning -- Adjective meanings -- Noun vocabulary -- Verbs and situations -- Figurative language -- Tense and aspect -- Modality, scope and quantification -- Pragmatics -- Connecting utterances to the background.
The book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). Readers will gain a systematic overview of meaning in English and will learn how to frame semantic and pragmatic analyses. The significant concepts introduced include denotation, sense relations (such as antonymy and hyponymy), explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and quantification.
9781474412810 1474412815 9781474412834
2020289166
GBB6K4080 bnb
English language--Semantics--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Usage--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Semantics.
Pragmatics.
Englisch
Semantik
Pragmatik
PE1585 / GRI 2017
An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics / Patrick Griffiths ; revised by Chris Cummins. - Second edition. - Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017. - xii, 174 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm - Edinburgh textbooks on the English language . - Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. .
Previous edition: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying meaning -- Adjective meanings -- Noun vocabulary -- Verbs and situations -- Figurative language -- Tense and aspect -- Modality, scope and quantification -- Pragmatics -- Connecting utterances to the background.
The book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). Readers will gain a systematic overview of meaning in English and will learn how to frame semantic and pragmatic analyses. The significant concepts introduced include denotation, sense relations (such as antonymy and hyponymy), explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and quantification.
9781474412810 1474412815 9781474412834
2020289166
GBB6K4080 bnb
English language--Semantics--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Usage--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Semantics.
Pragmatics.
Englisch
Semantik
Pragmatik
PE1585 / GRI 2017