书目

Semantics:ACoursebook

内容简介

Thispracticalcoursebookintroducesallthebasicsofsemanticsinasimple,step-by-stepfashion.Eachunitincludesshortsectionsofexplanationwithexamples,followedbystimulatingpracticeexercisestocompleteinthebook.Feedbackandcommentsectionsfolloweachexercisetoenablestudentstomonitortheirprogress.Nopreviousbackgroundinsemanticsisassumed,asstudentsbeginbydiscoveringthevalueandfascinationofthesubjectandthenmovethroughallkeytopicsinthefield,includingsenseandreference,simplelogic,wordmeaningandinterpersonalmeaning.Newstudyguidesandexerciseshavebeenaddedtotheendofeachunittohelpreinforceandtestlearning.Acompletelynewunitonnon-literallanguageandmetaphor,plusupdatesthroughoutthetextsignificantlyexpandthescopeoftheoriginaleditiontobringitup-to-datewithmodernteachingofsemanticsforintroductorycoursesinlinguisticsaswellasintermediatestudents.

作者简介

JamesR.HurfordisProfessorofGeneralLinguistics,UniversityofEdinburgh.BrendanHeasleyisConsultant(PostgraduateTraining),SharjahWomen'sCollege,UnitedArabEmirates.MichaelB.SmithisAssociateProfessorofLinguistics,OaklandUniversity.

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