This lively book provides a truly comprehensive introduction to current linguistic semantics. Used in introductory and intermediate courses in semantics, it will supply teachers with an easy-to-use basic text and students with an accessible source of dependable information."

 

Ronnie Cann, University of Edinburgh

◆ provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field.

◆ Covers the basic concepts and methods of the field and discusses some of the most important contemporary lines of research.

◆ Contains exercises that familiarize the student with the practice of semantic description.