Semantics books

This volume presents a comparative approach to textual glossing practices in both the West and East Asia, looking...  Read More >>

This volume seeks to discover the similarities and differences of metaphorical systems of English and Chinese. Adopting...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the post-observation feedback conference, a common feature of teacher education programs,...  Read More >>

This book demands that we question what we are told about security, using tools we have had for thousands of years....  Read More >>

Invites readers to reconsider their assumptions and understanding of relationships. This second edition features...  Read More >>

This volume explores the compositional semantics of clausal complementation, and proposes a theory in which clause-embedding...  Read More >>

This Element analyzes positive social actions receiving positive and negative meta-pragmatic labels, such as firgun...  Read More >>

This book explores the social and ideological importance of crime, and the great fascination it holds, from a linguistic...  Read More >>

This book presents cutting-edge work in semiotics, projecting developments in the future of the field. Authored...  Read More >>

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An Introduction to Lexical Semantics provides a comprehensive theoretical overview of lexical semantics, analysing...  Read More >>

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The Metaphor Compass provides a roadmap to navigate the recent findings and the cutting-edge research conducted...  Read More >>

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An Introduction to Lexical Semantics provides a comprehensive theoretical overview of lexical semantics, analysing...  Read More >>

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Exhaustivity, Contrastivity, and the Semantics of Mandarin Cleft-related Structures investigates the semantics of...  Read More >>

How do we experience poetry as readers? What is it in the text that provokes particular reactions, and how can we...  Read More >>

Pragmatics – the study of language in context – is a key topic within English language and linguistics. This book...  Read More >>

How do we experience poetry as readers? What is it in the text that provokes particular reactions, and how can we...  Read More >>

In den Beiträgen werden literarische Texte aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln betrachtet, etwa aus der postkolonialen...  Read More >>

A new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and...  Read More >>

The latest edition of the bestselling introduction to the field of linguistic semantics, updated throughout and...  Read More >>

This book proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries in the...  Read More >>

This entertaining and informative work uses data driven analysis to guide and enhance the study of linguistic and...  Read More >>