What is Meaning

von Portner

248 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 theory - Combines 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 language - Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9781405109178
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.01.2005
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons