Lexical Meaning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521677646)

The ideal introduction for students of semantics, Lexical Meaning fills the gap left by more general semantics textbooks, providing the teacher and the student with insights into word meaning beyond the traditional overviews of lexical relations. The book explores the relationship between word meanings and syntax and semantics more generally. It provides a balanced overview of the main theoretical approaches, along with a lucid explanation of their relative strengths and weaknesses. After covering the main topics in lexical meaning, such as polysemy and sense relations, the textbook surveys the types of meanings represented by different word classes. It explains abstract concepts in clear language, using a wide range of examples, and includes linguistic puzzles in each chapter to encourage the student to practise using the concepts. 'Adopt-a-Word' exercises give students the chance to research a particular word, building a portfolio of specialist work on a single word.

Author: M. Lynne Murphy
ISBN-10: 0521677645
ISBN-13: 9780521677646
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2010
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.80w x 0.40d