Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) Book

In this introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language, Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. With examples and exercises, 'Meaning in Language' provides a helpful descriptive approach to this area of linguistics for undergraduates and postgraduates.Read More

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  • Gary Dicks16 January 2010

    Whether you're studying a degree in linguistics (like myself) or you just have a taste for semantics that needs to be satisfied, 'Meaning in Language' will do the trick.

    As the subtitle suggests, it is an introductory text to the wide variety of concerns in the field of semantics and pragmatics, including logical semantics, grammatical semantics, and pragmatic issues of reference, deixis, performativity, and implicatures.
    Possibly its most saleable feature, though, is the chapter on the recent advance in semantics called the 'dynamic construal approach', which is written in a much lighter style than in Cruse's other publication about it, 'Cognitive Linguistics' (Croft and Cruse, 2004).

    Cruse sticks to an academic style but is not afraid to wander into more friendly territory, allowing this book to flow and to teach readily. Among the many introductory texts to semantics and pragmatics on offer, this is definitely one of the best.

  • Blackwell

    The text and exercises in this new edition have been fully updated to take into account the most recent developments in the field and a new chapter has been added outlining new directions in the study of lexical semantics. A comprehensive...

  • 019926306X
  • 9780199263066
  • Alan Cruse
  • 15 January 2004
  • OUP Oxford
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 456
  • 2
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