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An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

Paperback • 2023 • English • 66. edition

An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

By Patrick Griffiths

2 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

This clear and accessible textbook introduces the crucial concepts essential to your study of the semantics and pragmatics of English. Coverage is wide-ranging, taking you from word meaning to the level of discourse, and explaining how these topics are treated in contemporary linguistic research. Chapters cover adjective, noun and verb meanings, situation types, figurative language, tense, aspect, modality, quantification, topic and focus. Explanations of entailment, compositionality and scope p...Show more

Literacy
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Language teaching theory and methods

Book details

ISBN

9781399504614

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published year

2023

Language

English

Edition

66

Original title

An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

Format

Paperback

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An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

Paperback · 2006

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An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics

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