What Is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics Paperback - 2005
by Paul H. Portner
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In ordinary life, we sometimes find ourselves talking about the meanings of words and sentences.
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What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. The book explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory in an intuitive, engaging manner without relying on formalization or getting bogged down in technical skills. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works.
By combining foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena, What is Meaning? provides readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of human language.
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- Title What Is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics
- Author Paul H. Portner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2005-02-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781405109185 / 1405109181
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.54 x 0.74 in (22.86 x 16.61 x 1.88 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Semantics, Semantics (Philosophy)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004015923
- Dewey Decimal Code 401.43
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