Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781405109185
Year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 246


Description:
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