Meaning in language : an introduction to semantics and pragmatics /
Alan Cruse.
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- xii, 441 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Oxford textbooks in linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-426) and indexes.
PART 1; Fundamental Notions; 1. Introduction; 2. Logical Matters; 3. Types and Dimensions of Meaning; 4. Compositionality; PART 2; Words and their Meanings; 5. Introduction to Lexical Semantics; 6. Contextual Variability of Word Meaning; 7. Word Meanings and Concepts; 8. Paradigmatic Sense Relations of Inclusion and Identity; 9. Paradigmatic Relations of Exclusion and Opposition; 10. Word Fields; 11. Extensions of Meaning; 12. Syntagmatic Relations; 13. Lexical Decomposition; 14. New Directions in Lexical Semantics; PART 3; Semantics and Grammar; 15. Grammatical Semantics; PART 4; Pragmatics; 16. Reference and Deixis; 17. Speech Acts; 18. Conversational Implicatures; Conclusion; Answers to questions