What is Meaning: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics (Fundamentals of Linguistics)
Book Details
Author(s)Paul H. Portner
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405109173
ISBN-139781405109178
AvailabilityUsually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
Sales Rank9,997,829
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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

