An introduction to English semantics and pragmatics

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, sen...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Griffiths, Patrick 1942-2012 (Author)
Other Authors:	Cummins, Chris (Editor)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2017]
Edition:	Second edition.
Series:	Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
Subjects:	English language > Semantics. Pragmatics.