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Book cover for Lesley Jeffries: Meaning in English

Meaning in English : An Introduction to Language Study

Lesley Jeffries
Paperback - $78.95

This accessible and lively introduction to semantics and the multi-faceted nature of language guides the non-specialist through the major ways in which the English language makes meaning. The author discusses the meaning of linguistic units at all le ...

Book cover for Steven Jones: Antonymy

Antonymy : A Corpus-Based Perspective

Steven Jones
Hardcover - $255.95



Book cover for Hans Kamp: From Discourse to Logic

From Discourse to Logic

Hans Kamp
Paperback - $70.95

This is the first textbook that approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory, an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. The book has been care ...

Book cover for Hans Kamp: From Discourse to Logic

From Discourse to Logic

Hans Kamp
Hardcover - $689.95

This is the first textbook that approaches natural language semantics and logic from the perspective of Discourse Representation Theory, an approach which emphasizes the dynamic and incremental aspects of meaning and inference. The book has been care ...

Book cover for Gabriele Kasper: Pragmatic Development in a Second Language

Pragmatic Development in a Second Language

Gabriele Kasper
Paperback - $79.95

This volume offers the first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners' acquisition of pragmatics. Beginning with a survey of the significantly better developed field of first language developmental pragmatics, the book provides a ...

Book cover for Kate Kearns: Semantics

Semantics

Kate Kearns
Paperback - $82.95

The main aim of the book is to provide a good understanding of a range of semantic phenomena and issues in semantics, adopting a truth-conditional account of meaning, but without using a compositional formalism. The book assumes no particular backgro ...

Book cover for Paula Kempchinsky: Aspectual Inquiries

Aspectual Inquiries

Paula Kempchinsky
Hardcover - $395.95

The study of the linguistic reflexes of aspect has been an active field of research in various sub-disciplines of linguistics, such as syntax, semantics (including discourse theory) and acquisition studies. However, communication and dissemination of ...

Book cover for Ruth M. Kempson: Semantic Theory

Semantic Theory

Ruth M. Kempson
Paperback - $88.95

Semantics is a bridge discipline between linguistics and philosophy; but linguistics student are rarely able to reach that bridge, let alone cross it to inspect and assess the activity on the other side. Professor Kempson's textbook seeks particularl ...

Book cover for Galina Kimber: Perfect Prepositions

Perfect Prepositions : A Real Life Guide to Using English Prepositions

Galina Kimber
Paperback - $33.95

As high frequency words, prepositions are one of the most dynamic parts of speech. "Perfect Prepositions" shows the meanings and usage of prepositions in Modern English.

Used in unstressed syllables and pronounced fast and softly in oral speech, p ...

Book cover for Galina Kimber: Perfect Prepositions

Perfect Prepositions : A Real Life Guide to Using English Prepositions

Galina Kimber
Hardcover - $57.95

As high frequency words, prepositions are one of the most dynamic parts of speech. "Perfect Prepositions" shows the meanings and usage of prepositions in Modern English.

Used in unstressed syllables and pronounced fast and softly in oral speech, p ...

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