Understanding Semantics

Loebner, Sebastian

ISBN 10: 0340731982 / ISBN 13: 9780340731987

Published by Routledge, 2002

About this Item

Hodder Arnold/Routledge; 2002. 'Understanding Language Series; Series Editors: Bernard Comrie and Greville Corbett. Sebastian Lobner Professor of General Linguistics, University of Dusseldorf. xii, 260 pp. Uncreased spine, lightly read condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Semantics
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340731982
• ISBN 13: 9780340731987
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Languages and Reference

About this title

Synopsis

This series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position.



Understanding Semantics offers a complete introduction to linguistic semantics. The book takes a step-by-step approach, starting with the basic concepts and moving through the central questions to examine the methods and results of the science of linguistic meaning.



Understanding Semantics unites the treatment of a broad scale of phenomena using data from different languages with a thorough investigation of major theoretical perspectives. It leads the reader from their intuitive knowledge of meaning to a deeper understanding of the use of scientific reasoning in the study of language as a communicative tool, of the nature of linguistic meaning, and of the scope and limitations of linguistic semantics.



Ideal as a first textbook in semantics for undergraduate students of linguistics, this book is also recommended for students of literature, philosophy, psychology and cognitive science.

Review

"Understanding Semantics is an original and innovative resource for introductory courses on linguistic semantics, excelling in particular in consciousness and accessilbily of presentation." - Linguistics 43-2

"Loebner's book is strongly recommended and is best seen as a starting point in one's inquiry into what semantics comprises." - Luna Filipovic Kleiner, Journal of Pragmatics