| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 193 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh textbooks on the English Language
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures and tables; Preface; 1 Studying meaning; 2 Adjective meanings; 3 Noun vocabulary; 4 Verbs and situations; 5 Figurative language; 6 Tense and aspect; 7 Modality, scope and quantification; 8 Pragmatics; 9 Connecting utterances to the background; Suggested answers to the exercises; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and ways in which the potential is put to use (pragmatics). It offers a systematic overview of meaning in English, as well as learning how to argue for analyses. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Semantics.
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English language -- Semantics. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Problems and exercises.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Griffiths, Patrick, 1942- Introduction to English semantics and pragmatics. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006 0748616314 0748616322 (OCoLC)62714283 |
| ISBN |
0748626883 (electronic book) |
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9780748626885 (electronic book) |
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0748616314 (Cloth) |
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0748616322 (Paper) |
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9780748616329 (paperback) |
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9780748616312 |
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