SemanticsWhen the first edition of Semantics appeared in 1976, the developments in this aspect of language study were exciting interest not only among linguists, but among philosophers, psychologists and logicians. Professor Palmer's straightforward and comprehensive book was immediately welcomed as one of the best introductions to the subject. Interest in Semantics has been further stimulated recently by a number of significant, and often contriversial, theoretical advances; and the publication of this second edition has enabled Professor Palmer to bring his survey thoroughly up to date. There is also an important new chapter on 'Semantics and logic', showing clearly and simply the influence that logical models have had on the study of meaning. Professor Palmer always illustrates his argument with helpful examples, and his non-technical explanations will be readily intelligible to the interested layman as well as to beginning students of language and linguistics. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
12 Semantics and linguistics | 5 |
13 Historical semantics | 8 |
14 Semantics in other disciplines | 12 |
THE SCOPE OF SEMANTICS | 17 |
22 Concepts | 24 |
23 Sense and reference | 29 |
24 The word | 32 |
57 Components | 108 |
58 The problem of universal | 114 |
SEMANTICS AND GRAMMAR | 118 |
62 Grammatical categories | 124 |
63 Grammar and lexicon | 130 |
64 Grammatical relations | 135 |
65 Components and the sentence | 139 |
66 Predicates and arguments | 143 |
25 The sentence | 37 |
CONTEXT AND REFERENCE | 44 |
32 The exclusion of context | 47 |
33 Context of situation | 51 |
34 Behaviourism | 56 |
35 Context culture and style | 60 |
LEXICAL SEMANTICS FIELDS AND COLLOCATION | 67 |
42 Semantic fields | 68 |
43 Colour systems | 70 |
44 Collocation | 75 |
45 Idioms | 79 |
LEXICAL SEMANTICS SENSE RELATIONS | 83 |
52 Hyponymy 85 | 85 |
53 Synonymy | 88 |
54 Antonymy | 94 |
55 Relational opposites | 97 |
56 Polysemy and homonymy | 100 |
67 Case grammar | 146 |
68 Sentence types and modality | 149 |
UTTERANCE MEANING | 155 |
72 Topic and comment | 158 |
73 Performatives and speech acts | 161 |
74 Presupposition | 166 |
75 Implicatures | 173 |
SEMANTICS AND LOGIC | 177 |
82 Prepositional logic | 180 |
83 Predicate logic | 186 |
84 Intension and extension | 190 |
85 Truthconditional semantics 195 | 195 |
86 Truth conditions and linguistics | 201 |
87 Concluding remarks | 206 |
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| Title | Semantics Cambridge low priced editions |
| Authors | Frank Robert Palmer, Frank Robert, Palmer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0521283760, 9780521283762 |
| Length | 221 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics Philosophy / General |
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