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Questions£32.49 Veneeta Dayal
9780199281275 Oxford Surveys in Semantics and Pragmatics This book synthesizes and integrates 40 years of research on the semantics of questions, and its interface with pragmatics and syntax. It will be a unique resource for the novice and expert alike, and seeks to appeal to a variety of readers without compromising depth and breadth of coverage. |
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PragmaticsSecond Edition £25.99 Yan Huang
9780199577767 Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics Yan Huang's highly successful textbook on pragmatics has been fully revised and updated. It includes a brand new chapter on reference, a major topic in both linguistics and the philosophy of language, as well as new material covering subjects including conversational implicature, emotional deixis, and contextualism versus semantic minimalism. |
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Making New Words: Morphological Derivation in English£43.49 R. M. W Dixon
9780198712374 This book provides a detailed study of around 200 English prefixes and suffixes. Each affix is discussed in detail, with information on its origin, phonological form, stress placement, semantic range, and the roots it can be attached to. It will be a valuable text for those studying English language and linguistics from undergraduate level upwards |
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Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and PragmaticsThird Edition £27.99 Alan Cruse
9780199559466 Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory. |