An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language) - Softcover

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Patrick Griffiths was a professor of English at Beppu University, Japan. He taught courses on semantics, the structure of English, psycholinguistics and general linguistics at a number of universities, including Beppu, the University of the South Pacific, and in the UK at York University and York St John.

Chris Cummins is Reader in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. His other works include Pragmatics (EUP, 2019) and Constraints on Numerical Expressions (2015), and he co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics (2019) with Napoleon Katsos.

Chris Cummins is a Chancellor's Fellow in the department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh.
Patrick Griffiths was a professor of English at Beppu University, Japan. He taught courses on semantics, the structure of English, psycholinguistics and general linguistics at a number of universities, including Beppu, the University of the South Pacific, and in the UK at York University and York St John. He was author of the first edition of An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics (EUP).

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‘This is an excellent self-contained introduction to the study of meaning. It is highly engaging, with a sensibly paced introduction of concepts and technical terms that are central to the study of semantics and pragmatics. This new edition provides an excellent update to the material while maintaining the accessible style of the original.’Ronnie Cann, University of EdinburghA clear and accessible introduction to the linguistic study of meaningThe second edition of this bestselling textbook outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). Readers will gain a systematic overview of meaning in English and will learn how to frame semantic and pragmatic analyses. The significant concepts introduced include denotation, sense relations (such as antonymy and hyponymy), explicature, implicature, presupposition, metaphor, reference, speech acts and quantification.The new edition of this textbook is compact and self-contained, offering:•Extended exercises at the end of each chapter•Expanded coverage of English pragmatics both at the sentence and discourse level•A new chapter devoted to sense relations•A wide-ranging and theoretically informed approach to meaning•Detailed treatment of selected areas of English.The first edition of An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics was written by Patrick Griffiths. The second edition has been revised by Chris Cummins.Cover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN [cover] 978-1-4744-1283-4ISBN [PPC] 978-1-4744-1281-0BarcodeCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN [cover] 978-1-4744-1283-4ISBN [PPC] 978-1-4744-1281-0BarcodeCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN [cover] 978-1-4744-1283-4ISBN [PPC] 978-1-4744-1281-0Barcode