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OverviewThis lively textbook introduces students and scholars to practical and precise methods for articulating the meanings of words and sentences, and for revealing connections between language and culture. Topics range over emotions, speech acts, words for animals and artefacts, motion, activity verbs, causatives, discourse particles, and nonverbal communication. Alongside English, it features a wide range of other languages, including Malay, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and Australian Aboriginal languages. Undergraduates, graduate students and professional linguists alike will benefit from Goddard's wide-ranging summaries, clear explanations and analytical depth. Meaning is fundamental to language and linguistics. This book shows that the study of meaning can be rigorous, insightful and exciting. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cliff GoddardPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 17.90cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 0.881kg ISBN: 9780199560288ISBN 10: 0199560285 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 04 August 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Semantics: The Study of Meaning 2: Three Traditions: Lexicography, Logic, and Structuralism 3: NSM and Other Contemporary Approaches 4: The Semantics of Emotions 5: Speech-act Verbs 6: Discourse Particles and Interjections 7: Animals and Artefacts 8: Motion 9: Physical Activity Verbs 10: Causatives 11: Grammatical Categories 12: Developments, Extensions, and Applications Solutions to Selected Exercises BibliographyReviewsa valuable textbook grounded in the Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, with enough breadth and depth to be suitable for most basic semantics courses. Onna Nelson, Studies in Language a valuable textbook grounded in the Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, with enough breadth and depth to be suitable for most basic semantics courses. * Onna Nelson, Studies in Language * Author InformationCliff Goddard is Professor of Linguistics at Griffith University, Australia. He was previously Professor of Linguistics, University of New England. His books include The Languages of East and Southeast Asia (OUP 2005). He is co-editor with Anna Wierzbicka of Meaning and Universal Grammar (Benjamins 2002) with whom he is currently working on a book concerned with words and meanings. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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