An Griffiths, Patrick 1942-2012 creator author. Cummins, Chris editor. text bibliography stk 2017 Second edition. monographic eng

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xii, 174 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm 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. Studying meaning -- Adjective meanings -- Noun vocabulary -- Verbs and situations -- Figurative language -- Tense and aspect -- Modality, scope and quantification -- Pragmatics -- Connecting utterances to the background. Patrick Griffiths ; revised by Chris Cummins. Previous edition: 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. English language Semantics Problems, exercises, etc English language Usage Problems, exercises, etc English language Semantics Pragmatics Englisch Semantik Pragmatik PE1585 .G85 2017 9781474412810 1474412815 9781474412834 1474412831 2020289166 NLE 200206 20230621113313.0 21419946 eng