What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics - Couverture souple

Portner, Paul H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405109181 ISBN 13 : 9781405109185

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

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Unusual book

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Quatrième de couverture

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. The book explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory in an intuitive, engaging manner without relying on formalization or getting bogged down in technical skills. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field s key ideas about how language works.

By combining foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena, What is Meaning? provides readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of human language.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405109181
• ISBN 13: 9781405109185
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible