What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics)
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What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics)

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

  • TitleWhat is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics)
  • BrandWiley-Blackwell
  • ManufacturerBlackwell
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumber9781405109185
  • ReleaseDate2005-02-04T00:00:01Z
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9781405109185