| Reviews |
| - 'Praise for the new edition
'Building on the many strengths of the first edition of Meaning in Language
, Alan Cruse has significantly updated this already valuable textbook. New thinking about lexical semantics can be found alongside concise and pithy illustrations of all aspects of pragmatics and grammar, making this an excellent resource for any reader interested in the nuts and
bolts of linguistic meaning.'
' - Mark Turin, Digital Himalaya Project, University of Cambridge
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| Description | | - Fully updated to reflect changes in current scholarship
- Substantial treatment of both semantics and pragmatics in one volume
- Rich exemplification and numerous exercises, as well as discussion questions with suggested answers at the end of the book
- Compares the main theoretical approaches and perspectives
| New to this edition- All of the chapters are fully revised to take into account changes in recent scholarship
- New chapter on New Directions in Lexical Semantics
- New exercises
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A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory.
Rich in examples and exercises, Meaning in Language
provides an
invaluable descriptive approach to this area of linguistics for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.
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Readership: Meaning in Language
could serve as the basic text for an intermediate level course, e.g. 2nd year undergraduate, or as supplementary/preliminary reading for a more specialized course. Postgraduate students in language/linguistics will also find it appealing as an overview of the field.
| Contents |
Part 1
Fundamental Notions
1.
Introduction
2.
Logical Matters
3.
Types and Dimensions of Meaning
4.
Compositionality
Part 2
Words and their Meanings
5.
Introduction to Lexical Semantics
6.
Contextual Variability of Word Meaning
7.
Word Meanings and Concepts
8.
Paradigmatic Sense Relations of Inclusion and Identity
9.
Paradigmatic Relations of Exclusion and Opposition
10.
Word Fields
11.
Extensions of Meaning
12.
Syntagmatic Relations
13.
Lexical Decomposition
14.
New Directions in Lexical Semantics
Part 3
Semantics and Grammar
15.
Grammatical Semantics
Part 4
Pragmatics
16.
Reference and Deixis
17.
Speech Acts
18.
Conversational Implicatures
Conclusion
Answers to questions
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Alan Cruse, Formerly Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Manchester
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