Semantics : applied linguistics / Emma Wilson.

By:

Wilson, Emma [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Murphy & Moore, 2024Description: 234 pages ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781639878314

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

401.43 W691s 23

LOC classification:

P325 .M43 2024

Contents:

Fundamentals of semantics -- Theoretical frameworks in linguistic semantics -- Formal semantics: theoretical perspectives -- Semantics in computational contexts -- Semantics psychology and philosophy.

Summary: "The branch of linguistics that concentrates on dissecting words, signals, and sentence structures to manage and resolve ambiguities is called semantics. Its focus lies in examining the relationships between words, employing principles such as polysemy, antonymy, homophony, and synonymy. Analyzing the semantic connections between sentences involves techniques such as mutual entailment, paraphrasing, contradiction, asymmetrical entailment. A sentence harboring multiple meanings is termed ambiguous, with ambiguities falling into two categories, namely, lexical ambiguity, arising from polysemous words, and structural ambiguity, resulting from various word combinations within a sentence. The subject of semantics comprises several subjects, including computational semantics, conceptual semantics, lexical semantics, formal semantics, cross-cultural semantics, and cognitive semantics. This book provides significant information of this discipline to help develop a good understanding of semantics and related fields. It unfolds the innovative aspects of this area which will be crucial for the holistic understanding of the subject matter. This textbook, with its detailed analyses and data, will prove immensely beneficial to students involved in this area at various levels." -- Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main Library	Circulation Section	CIR 401.43 W691s 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1-1	Available		030889

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The branch of linguistics that concentrates on dissecting words, signals, and sentence structures to manage and resolve ambiguities is called semantics. Its focus lies in examining the relationships between words, employing principles such as polysemy, antonymy, homophony, and synonymy. Analyzing the semantic connections between sentences involves techniques such as mutual entailment, paraphrasing, contradiction, asymmetrical entailment. A sentence harboring multiple meanings is termed ambiguous, with ambiguities falling into two categories, namely, lexical ambiguity, arising from polysemous words, and structural ambiguity, resulting from
various word combinations within a sentence. The subject of semantics comprises several subjects, including computational semantics, conceptual semantics, lexical semantics, formal semantics, cross-cultural semantics, and cognitive semantics. This book provides significant information of this discipline to help develop a good understanding of semantics and related fields. It unfolds the innovative aspects of this area which will be crucial for the holistic understanding of the subject matter. This textbook, with its detailed analyses and data, will prove immensely beneficial to students involved in this area at various levels." -- Back cover

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