Linguistic Semantics / Edition 1

Linguistic Semantics / Edition 1

by William Frawley
ISBN-10:
0805810757
ISBN-13:
9780805810752
Pub. Date:
01/01/1992
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0805810757
ISBN-13:
9780805810752
Pub. Date:
01/01/1992
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Linguistic Semantics / Edition 1

Linguistic Semantics / Edition 1

by William Frawley
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Overview

This volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and readable introduction to linguistic meaning. While partial to conceptual and typological approaches, the book also presents results from formal approaches. Throughout, the focus is on grammatical meaning — the way languages delineate universal semantic space and encode it in grammatical form.

Subjects covered by the author include: the domain of linguistic semantics and the basic tools, assumptions, and issues of semantic analysis; semantic properties of entities, events, and thematic roles; language and space; tense, aspect, and the internal structure and temporal ordering of events; modality, negation, and the epistemology of the speaker; and modification and attribution. In contrast to most current treatments of semantics, this book is accessible to the beginning student of semantics and linguistics and also useful to the advanced practitioner. A textbook and reference work in a single volume, it can be used in a number of disciplines: psychology, computer science, and anthropology as well as linguistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780805810752
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/01/1992
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 552
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Semantics and Linguistic Semantics: Toward Grammatical Meaning. Five Approaches to Meaning. Entities. Events. Thematic Roles. Space. Aspect. Tense and Time. Modality and Negation. Modification.
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