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This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. Most of the chapters include exercises which can be used for class discussion and/or homework assignments, and each chapter contains references for additional reading on the topics covered. As the title indicates, this book is truly an introduction: it provides a solid foundation which will prepare students to take more advanced and specialized courses in semantics and/or pragmatics. It is also intended as a reference for fieldworkers doing primary research on under-documented languages, to help them write grammatical descriptions that deal carefully and clearly with semantic issues. The approach adopted here is largely descriptive and non-formal (or, in some places, semi-formal), although some basic logical notation is introduced. The book is written at level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory.

Semantics. --- Discourse analysis. --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics

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This book has the flavor of an adventure. Its path is the narrow common area that delineates between structuralist techniques of discourse analysis and the problem posed by political work on populism.

Discourse analysis. --- Populism. --- Political science --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- POLITICAL SCIENCE

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To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.

Linguistics --- Literary semiotics --- Discourse analysis --- Semiotics --- Analyse du discours --- Sémiotique --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Discourse analysis. --- Sémiotique

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"What is Discourse Analysis? is an accessible introduction to an empirical research approach which is widely used in the social sciences and related disciplines. This book explores the idea of how meaning is socially constructed and how 'talk' and text can be interpreted. The challenges of discourse analysis are outlined as well as helpful ways to approach them - from finding the right starting point, processing and interpreting data through to building an argument. Discourse analysts work with language data, including talk, documents and broadcast material. Researchers in different traditions study interactions and social practices, meaning-making and larger meaning systems, and contests and conflicts around collective identities, social norms and subjectification. What is Discourse Analysis? addresses new researchers and other academics interested in language and its associated practices. The book outlines the history of discourse analysis, its key concepts and theorists and its uses and challenges. Discussions of published studies illustrate the use of the approach to investigate a range of research topics, such as gender, health and national identities. The book also addresses the practical aspects of discourse analysis, providing clear guidance on data collection and data processing, including transcription and selection. Covering important topics, What is Discourse Analysis? draws from recent articles to show how discourse analysis works in action. Common questions about discourse analysis are presented in a lively and accessible Q&A format. This book will be an essential resource for all researchers working with discourse analysis."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Qualitative methods in social research --- Pragmatics --- Analyse du discours --- Discourse analysis. --- Analyse du discours. --- Discourse analysis --- Languages --- Foreign languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics

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Die Studie arbeitet den musterhaften Sprachgebrauch in wissenschaftlichen Texten heraus und beschreibt auf der Basis einer datengeleiteten Korpusanalyse den Wissenschaftsstil auf formaler und pragmatischer Ebene. Mit der theoretischen Einbettung in mehrere linguistische Teildisziplinen leistet das Buch einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Textsortenforschung, zur Normendiskussion und zur Schreibforschung. The study examines patterns of language usage in scientific texts and describes the academic style based on a data-derived corpus analysis at the formal and pragmatic levels. Theoretically grounded in multiple linguistic subdisciplines, the book offers an important contribution to the description of text types, the discussion of norms, and research on writing.

Corpora (Linguistics) --- Discourse analysis. --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Patterns (Structure). --- Scientific Language. --- Text-Type. --- German language --- Academic writing. --- Style. --- Learned writing --- Scholarly writing --- Authorship