An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics / / Chris Cummins.
A classic introduction to the study of meaning, revitalised for a new generation of linguistsIdeal for undergraduate students exploring English linguistics for the first time, the new edition of this successful textbook is compact and self-contained, offering:Expanded coverage of topic areas such as...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language : ETELA
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 p.) :; 7 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Preface to the third edition
- 1 Studying meaning
- 2 Sense relations
- 3 Nouns
- 4 Adjectives
- 5 Verbs
- 6 Tense and aspect
- 7 Modality, scope and quantification
- 8 Pragmatic inference
- 9 Figurative language
- 10 Utterances in context
- 11 Doing things with words
- Suggested answers to the exercises
- References
- Index