Semantic Analysis: A Practical Introduction (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)

An Introduction To The Study Of Meaning In Language, And To The Language-culture Connection. This Work Covers Essential Background On Traditional And Contemporary Issues And Approaches, And Then Takes The Reader Through A Series Of Case Studies In Descriptive Semantics. Semantics : The Study Of Meaning -- Three Traditions : Lexicography, Logic, And Structuralism -- Contemporary Approaches, Contemporary Issues -- The Semantics Of Emotions -- Colours -- Speech-act Verbs -- Discourse Particles And Interjections -- Motion -- Artefacts And Animals -- Causatives -- Grammatical Categories -- New Developments. Cliff Goddard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [379]-399 And Indexes.