β Scribed by Patrick Griffiths
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
this book i bought for a course of my M.A. study .it is a very nice book in its field.i recommend it to anyone who is specialized in linguistics ,in particular ,in semantics .it is short and presented in a very simple language .it consists of 9 chapters.at the end of each chapter ,you find exercises and thier answers are at the end of the book.
Contents......Page 6
List of figures and tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Studying meaning......Page 14
2 Adjective meanings......Page 37
3 Noun vocabulary......Page 54
4 Verbs and situations......Page 72
5 Figurative language......Page 91
6 Tense and aspect......Page 106
7 Modality, scope and quantification......Page 123
8 Pragmatics......Page 145
9 Connecting utterances to the background......Page 170
Suggested answers to the exercises......Page 185
Bibliography......Page 199
Index......Page 202
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