{"product_id":"science-of-meaning-derek-ball-9780198739548","title":"Science of Meaning: Essays on the Metatheory of Natural Language Semantics","description":"By creating certain marks on paper, or by making certain sounds-breathing past a moving tongue-or by articulation of hands and bodies, language users can give expression to their mental lives. With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning. This fact can be quite mystifying, yet a science of linguistic meaning-semantics-has emerged at the intersection of a variety of disciplines: philosophy, linguistics, computer science, and psychology. Semantics is the study of meaning. But what exactly is \"meaning\"? What is the exact target of semantic theory? Much of the early work in natural language semantics was accompanied by extensive reflection on the aims of semantic theory, and the form a theory must take to meet those aims. But this meta-theoretical reflection has not kept pace with recent theoretical innovations. This volume re-addresses these questions concerning the foundations of natural language semantics in light of the current\u003cbr\u003estate-of-the-art in semantic theorising.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198739540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198739548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Derek Ball","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47610977419519,"sku":"9780198739548","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43f1a2e8-4ffd-43dc-a921-155784006eba.jpg?v=1764510910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-of-meaning-derek-ball-9780198739548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}