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Meaning. A slim guide to semantics

Autor Paul Elbourne

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Meaning. A slim guide to semantics
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This book offers an introduction to the analysis of meaning. Our outstanding ability to communicate is a distinguishing feature of our species. To communicate is to convey meaning, but what is meaning? How do words combine to give us the meanings ...

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  • Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780199696628
  • ISBN10 0199696624
  • Tipo LIBRO
  • Páginas 174
  • Colección Oxford Linguistics #
  • Año de Edición 2011
  • Idioma Inglés
  • Encuadernación Rústica

Meaning. A slim guide to semantics

Autor Paul Elbourne

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

This book offers an introduction to the analysis of meaning. Our outstanding ability to communicate is a distinguishing feature of our species. To communicate is to convey meaning, but what is meaning? How do words combine to give us the meanings ...

18,05€
No disponible, consulte disponibilidad
Envío gratis a partir de 19€
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This book offers an introduction to the analysis of meaning. Our outstanding ability to communicate is a distinguishing feature of our species. To communicate is to convey meaning, but what is meaning? How do words combine to give us the meanings of sentences? And what makes a statement ambiguous or nonsensical? These questions and many others are addressed in Paul Elbourne's fascinating guide. He opens by asking what kinds of things the meanings of words and sentences could be: are they, for example, abstract objects or psychological entities? He then looks at how we understand a sequence of words we have never heard before; he considers to what extent the meaning of a sentence can be derived from the words it contains and how to account for the meanings that can't be; and he examines the roles played by time, place, and the shared and unshared assumptions of speakers and hearers. He looks at how language interacts with thought and the intriguing question of whether what language we speak affects the way we see the world. Meaning, as might be expected, is far from simple. Paul Elbourne explores its complex issues in crystal clear language. He draws on approaches developed in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology - assuming a knowledge of none of them -in a manner that will appeal to everyone interested in this essential element of human psychology and culture.

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