What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics Book 2)
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What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics Book 2)
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
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USA
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Wiley-Blackwell
Binding
Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate
2008-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
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Kindle eBook
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