Meaning in Language An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics

by Cruse, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780199263066
• ISBN10: 019926306X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 toexpound 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.

Table of Contents

Typographic conventions	ix
Preface to the first edition	x
Preface to the second edition	xiii
Part 1 Fundamental Notions	1	(80)
Introduction	3	(14)
Logical matters	17	(22)
Types and dimensions of meaning	39	(24)
Compositionality	63	(18)
Part 2 Words and their Meanings	81	(192)
Introduction to lexical semantics	83	(18)
Contextual variability of word meaning	101	(22)
Word meanings and concepts	123	(18)
Paradigmatic sense relations of inclusion and identity	141	(18)
Paradigmatic relations of exclusion and opposition	159	(14)
Word fields	173	(20)
Extensions of meaning	193	(22)
Syntagmatic relations	215	(18)
Lexical decomposition	233	(26)
New directions in lexical semantics: a dynamic construal approach	259	(14)
Part 3 Semantics and Grammar	273	(40)
Grammatical semantics	275	(38)
Part 4: Pragmatics	313	(82)
Reference and deixis	315	(28)
Speech acts	343	(18)
Conversational implicatures	361	(34)
Conclusion	395	(4)
Answers to questions	399	(18)
References	417	(8)
Author index	425	(2)
Subject index	427