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Semantics - Theories / ed. by Claudia Maienborn, Klaus Heusinger, Paul Portner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mouton ReaderPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (VI, 443 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110587036
  • 9783110587142
  • 9783110589245
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.43 23/ger
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Cognitive Semantics: An overview -- 2. Prototype theory -- 3. Frame Semantics -- 4. Conceptual Semantics -- 5. Two-level Semantics: Semantic Form and Conceptual Structure -- 6. Word meaning and world knowledge -- 7. Model-theoretic semantics -- 8. Event semantics -- 9. Situation Semantics and the ontology of natural language -- 10. Situation Semantics: From indexicality to metacommunicative interaction -- 11. Discourse Representation Theory -- 12. Dynamic semantics -- 13. Rhetorical relations -- Index
Summary: Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material gathered here is perfect for anyone who needs a detailed and accessible introduction to the important semantic theories. Designed for a wide audience, it will be of great value to linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists working on natural language. The book covers theories of lexical semantics, cognitively oriented approaches to semantics, compositional theories of sentence semantics, and discourse semantics. This clear, elegant explanation of the key theories in semantics research is essential reading for anyone working in the area.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110589245

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Cognitive Semantics: An overview -- 2. Prototype theory -- 3. Frame Semantics -- 4. Conceptual Semantics -- 5. Two-level Semantics: Semantic Form and Conceptual Structure -- 6. Word meaning and world knowledge -- 7. Model-theoretic semantics -- 8. Event semantics -- 9. Situation Semantics and the ontology of natural language -- 10. Situation Semantics: From indexicality to metacommunicative interaction -- 11. Discourse Representation Theory -- 12. Dynamic semantics -- 13. Rhetorical relations -- Index

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Now in paperback for the first time since its original publication, the material gathered here is perfect for anyone who needs a detailed and accessible introduction to the important semantic theories. Designed for a wide audience, it will be of great value to linguists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, and computer scientists working on natural language. The book covers theories of lexical semantics, cognitively oriented approaches to semantics, compositional theories of sentence semantics, and discourse semantics. This clear, elegant explanation of the key theories in semantics research is essential reading for anyone working in the area.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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