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Pragmatics: A Slim Guide£14.99 Betty J. Birner
9780198828594 This book offers a concise but comprehensive entry-level guide to the study of meaning in context. Betty Birner explores how we understand the difference between the literal meaning of what is said and what was intended by the speaker, using a wide range of real-life examples. |
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A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning£16.49 Ray Jackendoff
9780198736455 A profoundly arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Written with an informality that belies the originality of its insights and the radical nature of its conclusions, this is the author's most important book since his groundbreaking Foundations of Language in 2002. |
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Meaning: A Slim Guide to Semantics£14.49 Paul Elbourne
9780199696628 Paul Elbourne explores the complex nature of meaning in crystal clear language. He draws on approaches developed in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology - assuming a knowledge of none of them - in a manner that will appeal to everyone interested in this essential element of human psychology and culture. |