02690cam a22005415i 4500 5376 5376 21419946 OSt 20230621113313.0 200206s2017 stka b 001 0 eng d 2020289166 GBB6K4080 bnb 9781474412810 (hardback) 1474412815 (hardback) 9781474412834 (paperback) 1474412831 (paperback) 9781474412827 (webready PDF) 9781474412827 (epub) (OCoLC)ocn968328329 NLE eng NLE rda OCLCO YDX OCLCF OCLCQ HEBIS OCLCO WAU OCLCQ CNNOR WYU OCLCQ OCLCA CULIB DLC lccopycat PE1585 .G85 2017 Griffiths, Patrick, 1942-2012, author. An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics / Patrick Griffiths ; revised by Chris Cummins. Second edition. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017] xii, 174 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Edinburgh textbooks on the English language Previous edition: 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. Studying meaning -- Adjective meanings -- Noun vocabulary -- Verbs and situations -- Figurative language -- Tense and aspect -- Modality, scope and quantification -- Pragmatics -- Connecting utterances to the background. The book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). Readers will gain a systematic overview of meaning in English and will learn how to frame semantic and pragmatic analyses. The significant concepts introduced include denotation, sense relations (such as antonymy and hyponymy), explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and quantification. English language Semantics Problems, exercises, etc. English language Usage Problems, exercises, etc. English language Semantics. fast (OCoLC)fst00911631 Pragmatics. fast (OCoLC)fst01074579 Englisch gnd Semantik gnd Pragmatik gnd Cummins, Chris, editor. Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. 0 ibc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 LPL LPL GEN 2022-08-31 PURCHASE 0 PE1585 .G85 2017 2022/13779 2022-08-31 00:00:00 13779 2022-08-31 SHORTLOAN 0 0 lcc 0 0 LPL LPL GEN 2022-08-31 PURCHASE 0 PE1585 .G85 2017 2022/13780 2022-08-31 00:00:00 13780 2022-08-31 SHORTLOAN 0 0 lcc 0 0 LPL LPL GEN 2022-08-31 PURCHASE 2 PE1585 .G85 2017 2022/13781 2023-02-09 00:00:00 2023-02-09 13781 2022-08-31 SHORTLOAN 0 0 lcc 0 0 LPL LPL GEN 2022-08-31 PURCHASE 0 PE1585 .G85 2017 2022/13782 2022-08-31 00:00:00 13782 2022-08-31 SHORTLOAN 0 0 lcc 0 0 LPL LPL GEN 2022-08-31 PURCHASE 0 PE1585 .G85 2017 2022/13783 2022-08-31 00:00:00 13783 2022-08-31 SHORTLOAN