What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1405109181
ISBN 13
9781405109185
Category
Main Library
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
246
Description
What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field’s key ideas about how language works. Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning - from Amzon
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