What is Meaning? : Fundamentals of Formal Semantics Hardback
by Paul H. Portner
Part of the Fundamentals of Linguistics series
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What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced.
Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works. Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theoryCombines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human languageIncludes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:10/12/2004
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- ISBN:9781405109178
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:10/12/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405109178
