TY - BOOK ID - 236866 TI - Semantics : an introduction to meaning in language AU - Cann, Ronnie AU - Kempson, Ruth M AU - Gregoromichelaki, Eleni PY - 2009 VL - *64 SN - 9780521819626 0521819628 9780521525664 0521525667 PB - Cambridge New York Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Lexicology. Semantics KW - Semantics KW - Formal semantics KW - Semasiology KW - Semiology (Semantics) KW - Comparative linguistics KW - Information theory KW - Language and languages KW - Lexicology KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Semantiek KW - 801.56 KW - Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Semantiek. KW - Sémantique KW - Manuels d'enseignement supérieur UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:236866 AB - The study of meaning in language has developed dramatically over the last fifty years. Semantics is distinctive as it not only presents a general introduction to the topic, including the most recent developments, but it also provides a unique perspective for addressing current issues. It opens by introducing readers to the study of logic (natural deduction) as the background against which developments have taken place. This demonstrates the link between semantics and the study of reasoning and how this view can provide new solutions to the puzzles that have plagued the approaches presented in other textbooks. The major subject areas of semantics are discussed, including quantification, anaphora and discourse, tense and aspect, ellipsis and context, and word meaning. The book also presents state-of-the-art research in topics at the forefront of semantics. ER -