Book: What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics)

Publisher: Blackwell (February 14, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1405109181

ISBN-13: 978-1405109185

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What is Meaning? is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. The book explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory in an intuitive, engaging manner without relying on formalization or getting bogged down in technical skills. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, the author presents the field's key ideas about how language works. By combining foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena, What is Meaning? provides readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of human language.