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What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics

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What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics

Portner, Paul H.

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field’s key ideas about how language works.

  • Explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory
  • Combines foundational discussion with simplified analyses of complex phenomena to provide readers with a sense of the fascination to be found in the details of the human language
  • Includes exercises and thought-provoking questions to facilitate learning

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Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2005-02-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781405109178

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Dimensions: 236.2cm x157.5cm

Pages: 248.0

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