Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Eleni Gregoromichelaki

Semantics

An Introduction to Meaning in Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a general introduction to semantics, including the most recent developments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9780521525664
• ISBN-10: 0521525667
• Artikelnr.: 25903251

Autorenporträt

Ronnie Cann is a Reader in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preliminaries for model building
2. The syntax of logical inference
3. The semantics of logical inference
4. Quantification and plurality
5. Anaphora, discourse and context
6. Time, tense and events
7. Ellipsis as a window on context
8. What a word can mean.